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Personal info

Full name
KIRKPATRICK, Raymond Earl
Date of birth
9 July 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Wetzel County, West Virginia
Hometown
Atlasburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33688801
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 October 1944
Place of death
Near Monschau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 5 15

Immediate family

Members
Solomon Kirkpatrick (father)
Annie Kirkpatrick (mother)
Thelma Kirkpatrick (sister)

More information

Pfc Raymond E. Kirkpatrick enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 28 May 1943.

He was shot in the leg in July 1944 and was admitted in hospital until September 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in the neck.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1910/1920 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Files / West Virginia Birth Index, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet