NCDUs Weatherford, Milton Parker

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  • SURNAME
Weatherford
  • FORENAME
Milton Parker
  • UNIT
U.S.N.R. NCDU
  • RANK
Gunners Mate Second Class
  • NUMBER
8298678
  • DATE OF DEATH
6th June 1944
  • AGE
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  • GRAVESITE
Normandy American Cemetery,France Plot H Row 7 Grave 20
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 29.08.1918, Spencer, North Carolina
from Salisbury, North Carolina
father William Thomas, mother Annie Weatherford (nee Parker)
wife Mrs. Catherine Bass Weatherford, of 915 Ellis St., Salisbury. Married on 01.12.1939.
enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina and was assigned to LST 373.
award Silver Star
KIA Normandy (He was killed on D-Day on the coast of France by German artillery. He was a member of a naval combat demolition team and had landed on the beach at the appointed moment. He was killed while attempting to blow a 50 yard gap in enemy emplacement obstacles.)
 
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