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Personal info

Full name
WARD, Duane Palmer
Date of birth
17 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
King County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39192321
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 December 1944
Place of death
Near St. Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 9 12

Immediate family

Members
Kenneth K. Ward (father)
Avis M. (Palmer) Ward (mother)

More information

Pfc Duane P. Ward enlisted in Tacoma, Washington on 16 October 1942.

He attended high school for 4 years before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Block PPP, Row 8, Grave 151.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Enlistment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.106thinfdivassn.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Jordan Ward / Gen.Mayo