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Personal info

Full name
STANFORD, Vernon Ernest
Date of birth
11 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Leray, Jefferson County, New York
Hometown
Deferiet, Jefferson County, New York

Military service

Service number
42086467
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
South of Jüngersdorf, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 5 45

Immediate family

Members
Austin H. Stanford (father)
Florena M. (Unk) Stanford (mother)
Richard N. Stanford (brother)
Austin H. Stanford (brother)
Frederick G. Stanford (brother)
Ann P. (Miterko) Stanford (wife)

More information

Pvt Vernon E. Stanford enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 4 March 1944.

He worked in a paper factory before he enlisted.
His great grandfather was born in England, his wife’s father in Czechoslovakia.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle Block Y, Row 1, Grave 16.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet