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Personal info

Full name
FORD, William E
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Alabama
Hometown
Tarrant, Jefferson County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
6928670
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 20 22

Immediate family

Members
James E. Ford (father)
Arline Ford (mother)
Opha M. Ford (brother)
Pauline Ford (sister)
Katherine Ford (sister)
Minnie L. Ford (sister)

More information

Pfc William E. Ford enlisted in the Regular Army on 4 April 1940.

In 1940 he was at Fort Thomas Military, Kentucky.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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