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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 50" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Weatherford </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Milton Parker </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>U.S.N.R. NCDU </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Gunners Mate Second Class </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>8298678 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>6th June 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>--- </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Normandy American Cemetery,France Plot H Row 7 Grave 20 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 29.08.1918, Spencer, North Carolina</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Salisbury, North Carolina</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father William Thomas, mother Annie Weatherford (nee Parker)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>wife Mrs. Catherine Bass Weatherford, of 915 Ellis St., Salisbury. Married on 01.12.1939.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina and was assigned to LST 373. </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award Silver Star</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>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.)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/m-weatherford.34028/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/34/34028-4e02b173bcd4f45f1debbee2b02ff394.jpg?1602351635" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/m-weatherford-grave.34027/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/34/34027-a0d1c3f17414d43f79902378e8187475.jpg?1602351616" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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