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Personal info

Full name
LANGFORD, Dan Marion
Date of birth
17 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Kansas
Hometown
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37526506
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 March 1945
Place of death
Rhine River crossing, in the vicinity of Nierstein-Oppenhem, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 21 14

Immediate family

Members
Frank E. Langford (father)
Blacnhe M. (Poe) Langford (mother)
Charles E. Langford (brother)
Edna (Joliff) Langford (wife)
Donald R. Langford (son)

More information

Pfc Dan M. Langford was a shipping clerk. He was married to Edna Joliff in 1941 and their son was born on 13 April 1942.

He enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 20 May 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1915/1930/1940 - Census, U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: David Rodgers