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Personal info

Full name
MONFORD, Joseph Melville
Date of birth
2 April 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36545126
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
406th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Near Gereonsweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 6 7

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Monford (father)
John A. McCall (stepfather)
Isabelle (McDonald) Monford (mother)
Charles S. Monford (brother)
Bernice Monford (wife)
Shirley A. Monford (daughter)

More information

Pvt Joseph M. Monford moved from Canada to the USA. He arrived together with his mother and brother in Detroit, Michigan on 10 May 1940. His father died in 1910 in Ontario, Canada.

He enlisted in november 1943 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Pvt Monford was reported wounded in action two days before he died.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Parkinson Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Susan Linton - Karen Berry (granddaughter), The Detroit News - 13 January 1945