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Personal info

Full name
DURRANCE, Julian Forrest
Date of birth
7 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Bunnell, Flagler County, Florida
Hometown
Bunnell, Flagler County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34409762
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Near Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
A 6 6

Immediate family

Members
Arthur W. Durrance (father)
Rosa L. (Brooks) Durrance (mother)
Clara M. Durrance (sister)
George W. Durrance (brother)
Joyce N. Durrance (sister)
Everette E. Durrance (brother)
Lavada P. Durrance (sister)
Bessie M. Durrance (sister)
Guy A. Durrance (brother)
Frances W. Durrance (sister)
Carl H. Durrance (brother)
Elizabeth Durrance (sister)
Reba L. (Moxley) Durrance (wife)
James R. Durrance (son)

More information

Pvt Julian F. Durrance was employed at the Florida East Coast Railway before he enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 9 November 1942. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his leg.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Lynda S. Wise
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery