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Personal info

Full name
BRADFORD, Harvey Norman
Date of birth
5 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
Hometown
Dade County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34441449
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
629th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
South of Regné and Bihain, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Harvey L. Bradford (father)
Hester A. (Amos) Bradford (mother)
Mary L. Bradford (sister)
Billy J. Bradford (brother)

More information

Sgt Bradford graduated from of Dade County High School. He was employed at Wilson & Co in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

He enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 11 September 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com Cureton Family Tree, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: The Chattanooga Times - 26 April 1945, Chattanooga Daily Times - 7 February 1945