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Personal info

Full name
HURD, Raymond
Date of birth
9 February 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Henry, Franklin County, Virginia
Hometown
Ironside, Henry County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33155540
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Platoon Sergeant
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kreuzrath-Birgden-Hattenrath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Posey L. Hurd (father)
Nettie V. (Coleman) Hurd (mother)
Elsie Hurd (sister)
Lester Hurd (brother)
Ruth Hurd (sister)
David F. Hurd (brother)
Benjamin C. Hurd (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Raymond Hurd was promoted to Sergeant on 20 June 1944 and to Staff Sergeant on 27 July 1944.

He was reported missing in action on 4 October 1944 and was declared killed in action on 8 October 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Pat Ross - Bassett Historical Center, Bassett, Virginia, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920 Census, www.americandday.org, www.marylandmilitaryhistory.org/29div/reports

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Pat Ross - Bassett Historical Center, Bassett, Virginia