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Personal info

Full name
PONDERS, Wilborn Melvin
Date of birth
17 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Murray County, Georgia
Hometown
Murray County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34685928
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
38th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 January 1945
Place of death
Rocherath, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 1 50

Immediate family

Members
Lawrence A. Ponders (father)
Roxie K. (Sutherland) Ponders (mother)
Garland Ponders (brother)
Ruby Ponders (sister)
Willard Ponders (brother)
Willie Ponders (brother)

More information

Wilborn Ponders worked in a sawmill.

He enlisted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta on 23 January 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree