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Personal info

Full name
HANDFORD, George Thomas
Date of birth
10 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas
Hometown
Ruddell, Independence County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
20742439
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Near Bergkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 24 25

Immediate family

Members
William H. Handford (father)
Ida (Foster) Handford (mother)
Myrtle A. Handford (sister)
Foster Handford (brother)
Sarah Handford (sister)
Charley R. Handford (brother)
Charles A. Hardford (brother)
Harrold Handford (brother)
Ida F. Handford (sister)
Jack H. Handford (brother)
Virginia R. Handford (sister)
William F. Handford (brother)

More information

T/Sgt George T. Handford attended high school for four years and was a painter when he joined the National Guard on 23 December 1940.
He was killed by small arms fire to his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Waters Kennedy Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Charles Robin Rauch, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Charles Robin Rauch