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Personal info

Full name
FORD, John J
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Hampshire
Hometown
Strafford County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
31268900
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
Near Phillippsbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 19 29

Immediate family

Members
Cornelius J. Ford (father)

More information

Pfc John J. Ford attended high school for 2 years before he enlisted in Manchester, New Hampshire on 9 April 1943.

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, www.findagrave.com – Russell S. Pickett
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