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Personal info

Full name
FORD, Robert L
Date of birth
1911
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
6395838
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Geichlingen or Niedersgeckler or Sinspelt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 5 44

Immediate family

Members
C. B. Ford (father)
Ruth L. Ford (wife)
Nellie Ford (sister)
Clifton Ford (brother)
Baron Ford (brother)
Horace G. Ford (brother)

More information

Sgt Robert L. Ford enlisted at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 30 October 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Flath Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record, AAR 53rd AIB July 44 thru May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - The Macon Telegraph - 9 March 1945