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Personal info

Full name
REXFORD, Willis H
Date of birth
1908
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Eastern, Knox County, Nebraska
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36356164
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 17 8

Immediate family

Members
Grove W. Rexford (father)
Elizabeth K. (Wiley) Rexford (mother)
John B. Rexford (brother)
Helen Rexford (sister)
Marvin G. Rexford (brother)
Violet K. Rexford (wife)

More information

Pvt Willis H. Rexford enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 30 June 1942.

He attended 2 years of college and was a clerk general office before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Southard Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php

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