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Personal info

Full name
HURD, Henry Roller
Date of birth
6 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Clarke County, Virginia
Hometown
Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33635584
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
550th Airborne Infantry Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 12 23

Immediate family

Members
William D. Hurd (father)
Lula C. Hurd (mother)
Marie Hurd (sister)
Clarence Hurd (sister)
Roy Hurd (brother)
Oscar Hurd (brother)
Evelina Hurd (sister)
Lula Hurd (sister)
Arthur Hurd (brother)

More information

Pfc Henry R. Hurd enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 28 April 1943.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Paul Hurd