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Personal info

Full name
MEDFORD, William Edgar
Date of birth
26 December 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Haywood County, North Carolina
Hometown
Buffalo Union County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
6392760
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
North of Elsenborn, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 14 29

Immediate family

Members
Baxter T. Medford (father)
Estella S. (Kinsland) Medford (mother)
Richard P. Medford (brother)
Hilda Medford (sister)
Weaver R. Medford (brother)
Laura E. (Holt) Medford (wife)
Harold Medford (son)

More information

Pvt William E. Medford enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 26 May 1944.
He worked in a textile factory before he enlisted.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees, www.9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, South Carolina State Library