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Personal info

Full name
FORD, John Joseph
Date of birth
24 August 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Audenreid, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33361553
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Klaus or Schmidt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 18 4

Immediate family

Members
James 'Jerry' Ford (father)
Catherine (Mulherin) Ford (mother)
James Ford (half brother)
Leo Ford (half brother)
Thomas Ford (half brother)
Helen Ford (half sister)
Francis J. Ford (brother)

More information

Sgt John J. Ford graduated from McAdoo High School with the class of 1937.

He enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 25 August 1942 and was sent overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Application for WWII Compensation, www.newspapers.com - Standard Sentinel 23 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laura Philips, www.newspapers.com - Standard Sentinel 23 February 1945