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Personal info

Full name
CAUSEY, Rayford H
Date of birth
19 January 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi
Hometown
McComb, Pike County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34478801
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
413th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Zundert, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 4 26

Immediate family

Members
Jacob S. Causey (father)
Jeanett S. Causey (mother)
Leon E. Causey (brother)
Ruth Causey (sister)
Harold S. Causey (brother)

More information

Pfc Rayford H. Causey was employed at a large aluminium manifacturing plant.

He enlisted in Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 11 November 1942. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was killed by a gunshot wound in the chest.

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Henri-Chapelle on 29 October 1944. After being disinterred and after the cemetery was given a permanent status, he was given his final resting place on 23 June 1948.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com - Ron Manley, www.ancestry.com -Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - McComb Daily Journal / McComb Enterprise-Journal, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - McComb Enterprise-Journal