Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
FORD, John Michael
Date of birth
4 September 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36690278
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
Cannon Company,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Château-Salins, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 20 16

Immediate family

Members
Michael D. Ford (father)
Gertrude H. (Finley) Ford (mother)
Virginia G. Ford (sister)
Paul C. Ford (brother)
Adelaide Ford (sister)
Helen (May) Ford (wife)
Mary G. Ford (daughter)

More information

Cpl John M. Ford was employed at the City of Chicago Parental Home before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - SueMac
Photo source: -