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Personal info

Full name
TILLEY, Ralph Junior
Date of birth
21 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Newark, Independence County, Arkansas
Hometown
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38600599
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 7 25

Immediate family

Members
Clyde E. Tilley (father)
Effie M. (Ruthledge) Tilley (mother)
Roberta M. Tilley (sister)
George E. Tilley (brother)
Betty Tilley (sister)
Carolyn J. Tilley (sister)

More information

Cpl Ralph J. Tilley enlisted in Little Rock, Arkansas on 6 December 1943.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 60th Inf Reg

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Tilley Family