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Personal info

Full name
DANFORD, Ross Charles
Date of birth
28 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Hometown
Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
32674156
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Linnich-Linderen-Brachelen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 1 1

Immediate family

Members
Fay W. Danford (father)
Grace W. (Lewis) Danford (mother)

More information

Pvt Ross C. Danford enlisted in Rochester, New York on 2 January 1943.

A graduate of Brighton High School, he was employed at the Camera Works prior to his enlistment. He attended Maryland College under the ASTP but was transferred to an infantry unit when that program was abandoned.
He had been overseas since September.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com – WWII Enlistment Records / Tassie Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle, Story of the 334th IR

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Brighton High School Yearbook 1945