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Personal info

Full name
FORD, J. C
Date of birth
9 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
McLennan County, Texas
Hometown
Coryell Valley, Coryell County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38220732
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Champenoux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 12 87

Immediate family

Members
William C. Ford (father)
Harriett E. (Wood) Ford (mother)
Raymond Ford (brother)
Jack M. Ford (brother)
Windle L. Ford (brother)
Wilbur H. Ford (brother)
Climmie M. Ford (sister)
Joe D. Ford (brother)
Frances Ford (sister)
Vera M. Ford (sister)
Dick Ford (brother)
Gene Ford (brother)

More information

Sgt J. C. Ford attended high school for two years and worked on the family farm before he enlisted in Dallas, Texas on 22 August 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire in his back.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / W C Ford Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - SueMac

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