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Personal info

Full name
RUANE, James Frances
Date of birth
5 June 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
33058455
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
406th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
Near Mönchen-Gladbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 21 18

Immediate family

Members
James Ruane (father)
Alice (Harford) Ruane (mother)
Joseph Ruane (brother)
Thomas Ruane (brother)
Mary Ruane (sister)
Alice Ruane (sister)
Alice B. Ruane (wife)

More information

Cpl James F. Ruane enlisted in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on 13 May 1942.

He was killed in action near Mönchen-Gladbach, Germany on the way to the Rhine.

He was first buried at Block Q, Row 10, Grave 249.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Gerald J. Boyle (nephew), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Social Security Death Index / 1920-1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Gerald J. Boyle