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Personal info

Full name
RAINFORD, Paul Rudolph
Date of birth
9 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
New York County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42104548
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
Sélestat, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 38 25

Immediate family

Members
Enos S. Rainford (father)
Louiseta E. (Carvalho) Rainford (mother)
Amyan C. Rainford (sister)
Elsie L. Rainford (sister)
Elinor V. Rainford (sister)
Enos W. Rainford (brother)
Olga E. Rainford (sister)
Albert J. Rainford (brother)

More information

Pfc Paul R. Rainford graduated from Metuchen High School in June 1943 and enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 18 January 1944. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Campbell Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Coleman, www.newspapers.com – The Courier News - 3 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com - Dougeaustin