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Personal info

Full name
MUIRHEAD, Rufus Robert
Date of birth
5 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Carroll County, Mississippi
Hometown
Carroll County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34637086
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
23rd Armored Engineer Battalion,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Barvaux, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Robert Jefferson Muirhead (father)
Clara C. (Taylor) Muirhead (mother)
Elva L. Muirhead (sister)
Annie M. Muirhead (sister)
Mamie E. Muirhead (sister)
Virgil J. Muirhead (brother)
Lillian Muirhead (sister)
Clarice Muirhead (sister)
Hubert R. Muirhead (brother)

More information

Pvt Rufus Muirhead joined the Army on 6 July 1943 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Floyd Smith Abel Jr. Family Tree / WWII Draft Card / 1930 Census

Photo source: Clarion Ledger - 30 March 1944