Name:
Wilford Carl Valentine
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
432609
Unit:
21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
Date of Death:
1944-07-26
State:
Maryland
Cemetery:
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
F
Row:
Grave:
Site 905
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Wilford Carl Valentine was born on June 21, 1921, in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. He was the son of Corporal Frank Aaron Valentine and Ina L. Boggs Valentine.
He served in the Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as a Corporal during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 26, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.