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Personal info

Full name
FORD, James C
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Oakland County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36470450
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 March 1945
Place of death
Aschaffenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 13 62

Immediate family

Members
Flossie J. (Gehr) Ford (mother)

More information

Pfc James C. Ford enlisted in Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 18 July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org
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