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Personal info

Full name
TOURGEE, Raymond Edwin
Date of birth
24 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31128071
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
52nd Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kalenborn, West of Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 1 34

Immediate family

Members
John L. Tourgee (father)
Ruth E. Tourgee (mother)
John L. Tourgee (brother)
William M. Tourgee (brother)
Ruth E. Tourgee (sister)
Robert L. Tourgee (brother)

More information

Pvt Raymond E. Tourgee enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 6 August 1942.

His brother William M. Tourgee died exactly a month after and is buried at the American War Cemetery Margraten.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, After Action Report 52nd Arm Inf Batt 9th Arm Div 20 October 1944 thru 8 May 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet