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Personal info

Full name
WOLFORD, Curtis Lee
Date of birth
5 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Arnold, Union County, Ohio
Hometown
Union County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35843351
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1945
Place of death
near Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 6 48

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin B. Wolford (father)
Dovina M. (Chapman) Wolford (mother)
Eletha Wolford (sister)
Robert Wolford (brother)

More information

Pvt Curtis L. Wolford enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 19 June 1944.
He attended high school for 1 year and worked on a farm before he enlisted.
Pvt Curtis L. Wolford was first buried on Block A-4, Row 2, Grave 29.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Richard Blunk, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com - James L. Cooper, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet