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Personal info

Full name
ARENDS, John Willard
Date of birth
12 April 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Melvin, Ford County, Illinois
Hometown
Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36960763
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Near Buscherhof, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 5 47

Immediate family

Members
John G. Arends (father)
Dena (Groen) Arends (mother)
Charles W. Arends (brother)
Mabel M. Arends (sister)
Pauline L. Arends (sister)
Bessie Arends (sister)
Mildred A. Arends (sister)
Wesley G. Arends (brother)
Mildred F. Arends (sister)
Helen E. (Kieper) Arends (wife)
Jacqueline Arends (daughter)

More information

Pvt John W. Arends graduated from Melvin Community High School in 1927. He was a manager at a gasoline station of the Ford County Service Company.

He was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Curtis Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.newspapers.com - Ford County Press 2 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy