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Personal info

Full name
BRADFORD, Roscoe G
Date of birth
29 November 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Lewis County, Kentucky
Hometown
Lewis County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35644233
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
6 December 1944
Place of death
Near Mertzwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 36 27

Immediate family

Members
Roy L. Bradford (father)
Wilma H. (Devaughn) Bradford (mother)
Rayman E. Bradford (brother)
Charles R. Bradford (brother)
Mary K. Bradford (sister)
Roy W. Bradford (brother)
Grant L. Bradford (brother)
Johnny B. Bradford (brother)

More information

Pvt Roscoe G. Bradford enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 15 December 1942.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / 1940 Census / Kentucky Birth Index, http://www.45thdivision.org
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