Name:
Archie Franklin Ponds
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
18134499
Unit:
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
Date of Death:
2007-08-18
State:
Louisiana
Cemetery:
Magnolia Cemetery, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:
Archie Franklin Ponds was born on December 8, 1920, in Louisiana. He was the son of James Washington Ponds and Mary Allie New Ponds. He was the husband of Barbara J. Clemens Ponds.
Archie served in the U.S. Army during the Normandy Invasion of World War II as a Corporal in A Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. He was a POW in Normandy.