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Personal info

Full name
TEDFORD, Samuel Benjamin
Date of birth
25 January 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
31457394
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 12 25

Immediate family

Members
Samuel B. Tedford (father)
Alice L. Tedford (mother)
George Tedford (brother)
Phyllis Tedford (sister)

More information

Pvt Samuel B. Tedford graduated from Brighton High School in 1943.

He enlisted on 23 March 1944 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Colman Hayden Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.ww2-airborne.us

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com