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Sgt Woodrow W Gravenor

Photo courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives

137th Infantry Regiment - Company L

Woodrow Wilson Gravenor, son of Sewell and Florence Evelyn (Payne) Gravenor, was born January 4, 1918 in Newark, Delaware. He registered for the draft October 16, 1940 and was inducted into the Army August 8, 1941 at Trenton, New Jersey. He joined Company L, 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division on December 24, 1944. He was seriously wounded in action December 28 while fighting in the Ardennes and died of his wounds the following day, December 29, 1944. Sergeant Woodrow W Gravenor is buried at Newark Cemetery, Newark, Delaware.

Thanks to Lowell Silverman for this photograph. Mr Silverman is researching servicemembers from his home state of Delaware who lost their lives and posting their biographies on the website Delaware's World War Fallen - Stories of Sacrifice from the First State.

Full biography of Sgt Woodrow W Gravenor, by Lowell Silverman