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Personal info

Full name
FORD, Robert Douglas
Date of birth
25 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Coatsville, Schuyler County, Missouri
Hometown
Moberly, Randolph County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37527621
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
424th Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
West of Grosskampenberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 25

Immediate family

Members
Glenn Ford (father)
Elaine L. (Moler) Ford (mother)
Thomas E. Ford (brother)
William W. Ford (brother)

More information

Pfc Robert D. Ford graduated from Moberly Junior High School before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 28 May 1943.

He received anti-aircraft training at Camp Callen, California, before being sent to Camp Carson, Colorado, where he subsequently received infantry and mountain training.

He was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Hearing Family Tree / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/SoThinkTOC106th.htm

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Sandra Neidholdt