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Personal info

Full name
FORD, Grady
Date of birth
2 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Carroll County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
14020519
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
41st Armored Infantry Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bielefeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 9 26

Immediate family

Members
Jacob R. Ford (father)
Elizabeth (Smith) Ford (mother)
Beulah Ford (sister)
Annie M. Ford (sister)
Leonard Ford (brother)
Harest L. Ford (brother)
Harvey Ford (brother)
Gertrude Ford (sister)
Clarence Ford (brother)
Horace Ford (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Grady Ford joined the Regular Army at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia on 18 September 1940. He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

S/Sgt Grady Ford is remembered at the Bremen City Cemetery in Bremen, Haralson County, Georgia.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Kathy McDermott, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report CCA, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Michael Dover, The Atlanta Journal 9 March 1943