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Personal info

Full name
LORD, John
Date of birth
11 March 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Eastport, Washington County, Maine
Hometown
Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31029434
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
630th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart,
Belgian Croix De Guerre with Palm,
French Croix de Guerre

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hilden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 15 22

Immediate family

Members
Mary A. Lord (wife)

More information

T/5 John Lord enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 13 March 1941.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://tankdestroyer.net – After Action Report 630th TDB, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet