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Personal info

Full name
HURD, John Wilford
Date of birth
19 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Downey, Bannock County, Idaho
Hometown
Springfield, Bingham County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
39900606
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Münsterbusch, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John J. Hurd (father)
Ida (Chandler) Hurd (mother)
James W. Hurd (brother)
Frayne A. Hurd (sister)
Thomas C. Hurd (brother)
Opal E. Hurd (sister)
William N. Hurd (brother)
Velmontt C. Hurd (brother)
Ruby H. Hurd (sister)
Donald E. Hurd (brother)
Dean Hurd (brother)
Leo D. Hurd (brother)
Loyall D. Hurd (brother)
Nigel Hurd (brother)
Gary Hurd (brother)
June Hurd (sister)

More information

Cpl John W. Hurd was a fisherman before he enlisted in Pocatello, Idaho on 22 October 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Various family trees

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Hans Wijnands