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Personal info

Full name
SANDFORD, Richard James
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Orange County, New York
Hometown
Junction City, Lane County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
6560066
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Lineman
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Vesqueville, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 12 25

Immediate family

Members
Richard Sandford (father)
Pauline A. (Borden) Sandford (mother)
Eileen Sandford (sister)
Carol J. Sandford (brother)
Ronald D. Sandford (brother)
Emogene L. (Hanna) Sandford (wife)
Richard J. Sandford III (son)
Judy D. Sandford (daughter)

More information

Sgt Richard J. Sandford joined the Regular Army at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 7 March 1939. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

He is also remembered at the Rest Lawn Memorial Park in Junction City, Lane County, Oregon.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Van Handle Tree / Washington Marriage Records, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com - Cindy, www.newspapers.com - The Eugene Guard Oregon 26 January 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Nathan Haines / Cindy, www.newspapers.com - The Eugene Guard Oregon 26 January 1945