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Personal info

Full name
JUDD, Cale Ervin
Date of birth
16 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Lineville, Wayne County, Iowa
Hometown
Latah County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
39460466
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Utrecht, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 6 10

Immediate family

Members
Joseph P. Judd (father)
Nellie J. (Lane) Judd (mother)
Hazel L. Judd (sister)
J. P. Judd (brother)

More information

Pfc Cale E. Judd was a livestock farmer.

He enlisted in Spokane, Washington on 19 December 1942.

He was taken prisoner on 13 November 1944 and transported to the German army hospital in Utrecht. He was injured by a shell splinter. This injury resulted in the amputation of his left thigh.

He was initially buried with military honors at the Soestbergen Cemetery in Utrecht on 21 December 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Luc van der Sterren, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Travis & Rochester Family Tree / WWII Prisoners of War, 1941-1946, www.ww2-airborne.us, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18238601 - page 124

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Antoine