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Personal info

Full name
AMES, Rayfield C
Date of birth
22 January 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Richmond, Ontario County, New York,
Hometown
Fairport, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
12055776
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Verdun, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 44

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence C. Ames (father)
Alice M. (Morrison) Ames (mother)

More information

Pvt Rayfield C. Ames graduated from Fairfield High School in 1940. and employed at Rochester Gas & Electric Company.

He enlisted in Rochester, New York on 10 February 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: -, www.ancestry.com - Fairport High School Yearbook 1940, New York State Historic Newspapers - Fairport Hearld Mail