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Personal info

Full name
FRIEND, Raymond Clayford
Date of birth
18 December 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Swanton, Garrett County, Maryland
Hometown
Swanton, Garrett County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33066726
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
27 April 1945
Place of death
Bad Sulza, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 31 30

Immediate family

Members
John H. Friend (father)
Laura V. (Uphold) Friend (mother)
Lavinia O. Friend (sister)
Delbert A. Friend (brother)
Paul E. Friend (brother)
Alvin G. Friend (brother)
Reuben E. Friend (brother)
Cecil C. Friend (brother)
Eugene R. Friend (brother)
Melvin A. Friend (brother)
Lillian Friend (sister)
Carrie Friend (wife)

More information

Pfc Raymond C. Friend was a lumberman before he enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 10 September 1941.

He was taken prisoner and died in Stalag IX-C.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy