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Personal info

Full name
MOREHEAD, Ralph Elmer
Date of birth
19 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33051326
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kommerscheidt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 7 1

Immediate family

Members
Elmer Morehead (father)
Aretta M. (McBriarty) Morehead (mother)
Ruth (Morehead) Carpenter (sister)

More information

Sgt Ralph E. Morehead enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 19 April 1941.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Nelson & Susan Smith Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Records / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-SS-Three/USA-SS-Three-III-6.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet