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Personal info

Full name
ROSS, Alfred J
Date of birth
6 May 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan
Hometown
Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36195894
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 January 1945
Place of death
Arloncourt, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 10 40

Immediate family

Members
Cyrille J. Ross (father)
Delia (Lambert) Ross (mother)
Edward Ross (brother)
Wilfred J. Ross (brother)

More information

Pfc Alfred J. Ross enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 27 March 1942.
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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Richard Mullally, www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Richard Mullally