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DUFF, Raymond Albert - Date of
birth
17 October 1925 -
Age
19 - Place of
birth
Norfolk, Virginia -
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
13175055 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
24 September 1945 - Place of
death
Breedeweg
Groesbeek, the Netherlands
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Frederick D. Froelick (foster father)
Jean A. Froelick (foster mother)
More information
Pvt Raymond A. Duff joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 21 April 1943.Pvt Duff was a member of a combat patrol whose intended destination was 1500 yards east of Groesbeek. During the mission, while 800 yards east of Groesbeek, the patrol encountered machine gun fire. The members of the patrol were unable to reach him and a larger patrol was sent to rescue him, but enemy fire kept this patrol from reaching him.
He was declared officially dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.marketgarden.com, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File, IDPF of Mitchel Bulhack
Photo source: Peter Schouteten