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Personal info

Full name
SPAFFORD, Horatio Gates
Date of birth
1 May 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Macedon, Wayne County, New York
Hometown
Fairport, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
42092848
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 October 1944
Place of death
Biffontaine, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 16 16

Immediate family

Members
Henry G. Spafford (father)
Edith S. (Ireland) Spafford (mother)
Cora M. Spafford (sister)
Amy E. Spafford (sister)
Wilbur L. Spafford (brother)
Helen A. (Luke) Spafford (wife)
Judith L. Spafford (daughter)
David Spafford (son)

More information

Pvt Horatio G. Spafford attended Macedon High School and was employed by the American Can Company in Fairfort before he enlisted in Rochester, New York on 13 January 1944. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspapers.com – Democrat and Chronicle - 29 November 1944