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FARNHAM, Calvin Jay - Date of
birth
22 December 1921 -
Age
23 -
Place of birth
Ripley, Chautauqua County, New York -
Hometown
Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
42118750 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
2 January 1945 - Place of
death
Wiltz, Luxembourg
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 8 | 5 |
Immediate family
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Members
Floyd L. Farnham (father)
Isabelle L. (Reardon) Farnham (mother)
Ruth E. Farnham (sister)
William F. Farnham (brother)
Lura L. Farnham (sister)
Gerald E. Farnham (brother)
Edna M. Farnham (sister)
More information
Pfc Calvin J. Farnham attended high school for four years and worked on his own farm before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New York on 29 Apil 1944.He is also remembered at the Sunset Hill Cemetery in Lakewood, Chautauqua County, New York.
His brother Gerald E. Farnham is buried at Florence American Cemetery, Italy.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Dolores Davidson, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Mark Peebles / Kathy Sloan, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Wayne Ashley / Dolores Davidson / Daniel and Audrey Briggs, Dunkirk Evening Observer - 20 August 1945