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Personal info

Full name
FORD, George Jr
Date of birth
3 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Denver, Denver County, Colorado
Hometown
Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi
Ethnicity
African American

Military service

Service number
34470658
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Uckerath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 16 1

Immediate family

Members
Juruetha Ford (mother)
Beatrice Ford (sister)
Elizabeth Ford (wife)

More information

Pvt George Ford Jr. worked as a carpenter before he enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 3 December 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, New Pittsburgh Courrier - 21 April 1945 - courtesy of Pamela Baker-Stories Behind the Stars