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Personal info

Full name
FORD, Benjamin Franklin
Date of birth
2 January 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Atlas, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33507767
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Le Tholy-Gérardmer, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 45 18

Immediate family

Members
Joseph W. Ford (father)
Mary A. (Tschopp) Ford (mother)
Minnie Ford (sister)
John Ford (brother)
Sarah Ford (sister)
Emma Ford (sister)
James Ford (brother)
Joseph Ford (brother)
Elizabeth C. Ford (sister)
Katie Ford (sister)
Alfred P. Ford (brother)
Albert Ford (brother)
David Ford (brother)
Dennis Ford (brother)
William Ford (brother)

More information

Pfc Benjamin F. Ford was a machine oiler.

He enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 21 April 1943.
In February 1944, in Italy, he was wounded in his back by artillery shell fragments.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Pfc Ford is remembered at Saint Peter's Cemetery in Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Robert David Miller