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Personal info

Full name
SANFORD, William D
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Kansas
Hometown
Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37608171
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pournoy – la – Chétive, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 19 60

Immediate family

Members
Robert E. Sanford (brother)

More information

Pvt. William D. Sanford was a farm hand before he enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 18 March 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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