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Personal info

Full name
WARD, Curtis Barnhardt
Date of birth
12 December 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Ontario, Lunenburg County, Virginia
Hometown
Charlotte County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33858639
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
21 March 1945
Place of death
Near Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 8 39

Immediate family

Members
Walter H. Ward (father)
Dolly M. Ward (mother)
Julius Ward (brother)
Herbert Ward (brother)
Gladys A. Ward (sister)
Glenna M. Ward (sister)
Louise Ward (sister)
Guy H. Ward (brother)

More information

Pvt Curtis B. Ward was a carpenter before he enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 16 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet