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Personal info

Full name
ULLMANN, Ralph Gabriel
Date of birth
2 January 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Sand Beach, Huron County, Michigan
Hometown
Minden City, Huron County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36862725
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Unit
337th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Over target, Margsburg / Lenna, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 19 8

Immediate family

Members
Adolph G. Ullmann (father)
Genevieve M. (Kramer) Ullmann (mother)
Karl F. Ullmann (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-38133
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Reluctant Dragon
Destination: Margsburg / Lenna, Germany
Mission: Combat
MACR: 10833

More information

Ralph G. Ullman graduated in 1942 from the Harbor Beach High School and was employed as an able seaman by the Interlake Steamship Company of Cleveland before entering the Army Air forces.

A/C #133 is presumed to have been lost over target due to intense and accurate flak. Several ships were observed to be going down by returning crew members but none could be definitely indentified because of a fromation mix-up during the bomb run.

Source of information: Jac Engels, Susan Linton (Harbor Beach High School Yearbook), MACR 10833 / Fold3, ABMC / WWII Memorial, National Archives / WWII /Memorial, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / WWII Draft Card / Family Trees-Ralph G. Ullmann, www.newspapers.com - The Times Herald

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, Susan Linton (Harbor Beach High School Yearbook)