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Personal info

Full name
LANGFORD, Jack
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Doolittle, Murray County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
14029513
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Wardin, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 12 21

Immediate family

Members
Wyatt L. Langford (father)
Laura B. (Green) Langford (mother)
Chassie L. Langford (sister)
Floyd Langford (brother)
Harley M. Langford (brother)
Willie L. Langford (brother)
Homer L. Langford (brother)
John F. Langford (brother)
Henry L. Langford (brother)
Cecil R. Langford (brother)
Kenneth E. Langford (brother)
Rosie A. Langford (sister)

More information

Pfc Jack Langford worked on a farm before he joined the Regular Army at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia on 14 October 1940.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Austin Jerry Powell Family Tree, www.super6th.org
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Robert G. Green