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Full name
NORFORD, Willie Peyton "Dick"
Date of birth
3 September 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Keswick, Albemarle County, Virginia
Hometown
Kanawha Falls, Fayette County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35771832
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
48th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sillegny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 18 11

Immediate family

Members
Tinsley P. Norford (father)
Bessie E. (Madison) Norford (mother)
Lucy G. Norford (sister)
Marvel T. Norford (sister)
Everett M. Norford (brother)
Anna L. (Clark) Norford (wife)
Richard P. Norford (son)

More information

Pvt Willie P. Norford was married to Anna Lucille Clark on 11 October 1940.

He was a craneman before he enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 7 August 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / Virginia, Birth Records, 1912-2015, Delayed Birth Records, https://www.7tharmddiv.org

Photo source: University of Virginia - Finding the Fallen, www.findagrave.com - Bill Wheeler, www.ancestry.com – ajanej / U.S. School Yearbooks, 1900-1990, Virginia - Charlottesville, Lane High School 1932