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Personal info

Full name
WARD, Fred A
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42104189
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 22 94

Immediate family

Members
Ralph B. Ward (father)
Loretta (Cort) Ward (mother)
Paul A. Ward (brother)
Arthur B. Ward (brother)
Robert A. Ward (son)

More information

Pfc Fred A. Ward worked as an electrician before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 13 January 1944 and was sent overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Kerryann Drace Family Tree, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, www.newspapers.com - Ashbury Park Press

Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - Ashbury Park Press