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Personal info

Full name
BRADFORD, Henry Franklin
Date of birth
21 June 1905
Age
39
Place of birth
Butte County, California
Hometown
Chico, Butte County, California

Military service

Service number
39406409
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hommerdingen-Mettendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 1 10

Immediate family

Members
Joseph H. Bradford (father)
Susan C. (Harris) Bradford (mother)
Vina Bradford (sister)
Arthur W. Bradford (brother)
Frances Bradford (sister)
Ethel Bradford (sister)
Nancy Bradford (sister)
Ernest H. Bradford (brother)
Mahlon P. Bradford (sister)
Elmire J. Bradford (sister)
Viola B. Bradford (sister)
Esther V. Bradford (sister)
Perry R. Bradford (brother)
Eliza M. (Wood) Bradford (wife)
Elinore M. Bradford (daughter)
Barbara I. Bradford (daughter)
Joseph E. Bradford (son)
Elmer J. Bradford (son)
Patricia Bradford (daughter)
Freddie O. Bradford (son)

More information

Pvt Henry F. Bradford was married to Eliza Wood on 2 December 1927. Their divorce was finalized on 14 October 1943 in Orville, Butte County, California.

He worked as a laborer in government service before he enlisted in Sacramento, California on 30 December 1942.

In November 1944 he was wounded by a bullet in his leg. Discharged from the hospital in January 1945, he rejoined his company.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in 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 Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Scott Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - Jenifer West