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Full name
FORD, Francis Patrick
Date of birth
2 May 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33812194
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 December 1944
Place of death
Folpersviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 37 21

Immediate family

Members
Francis J. Ford (father)
Katherine J. (Manion) Ford (mother)
Paul S. Ford (brother)
Elizabeth Ford (sister)
Doris (Loman) Ford (wife)
Florence E. Ford (daughter)

More information

Sgt Francis P. Ford attended high school for one year before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 31 January 1944. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – SueMac

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