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Personal info

Full name
RUTHERFORD, Marvin Arthur
Date of birth
23 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Hubbard County, Minnesota
Hometown
Hubbard, Hubbard County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37771998
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ormersviller-Vollmunster, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 9 57

Immediate family

Members
Guy E. Rutherford (father)
Winnifred C. (Sanford) Rutherford (mother)
George L. Rutherford (brother)
LaMae I. Rutherford (sister)
Melvin D. Rutherford (brother)
Jack G. Rutherford (brother)
Tom G. Rutherford (brother)
Mary A. Rutherford (sister)
Shirley D. Rutherford (sister)
Lynn Rutherford (sister)

More information

Pfc Marvin A. Rutherford attended high school for one year and worked on the family farm before he enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 11 August 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments at his head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards / Family Tree, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Thomas Welsh / Charr Carroll