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Personal info

Full name
FORD, Thomas Francis
Date of birth
20 September 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33400266
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Near Frémonville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 43 14

Immediate family

Members
Michael Ford (father)
Hannah (O'Connor) Ford (mother)
John M. Ford (brother)

More information

Pfc Thomas F. Ford attended college for one year and was employed at the Willmark Service Corporation before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 13 November 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card / 1910 Census / Ritter Daley Family Tree, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy