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Personal info

Full name
CARROTHERS, Ralph Cecil
Date of birth
12 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Nottingham, Harrison County, Ohio
Hometown
Harrison County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35833923
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 March 1945
Place of death
Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 4 59

Immediate family

Members
Chester S. Carrothers (father)
Ressa E. (Stevens) Carrothers (mother)
Elsie M. Carrothers (sister)
Thelma J. (Foura) Carrothers (wife)
Gary L. Carrothers (son)

More information

Sgt Ralph C. Carrothers enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 20 April 1944.

He instantly killed by shrapnel in his side.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, Thelma / Foura, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree / 1920 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet