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Personal info

Full name
RITCHIE, Ralph Alexander
Date of birth
13 October 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Rowan County, North Carolina
Hometown
Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34969986
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Beffe, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 15 56

Immediate family

Members
Charles A. Ritchie (father)
Daisy B. (Safrit) Ritchie (mother)
Mildred M. Ritchie (sister)
Gladys L. Ritchie (sister)
Floyd A. Ritchie (brother)
Hazel K. Ritchie (sister)
Helen L. Ritchie (sister)
Lola M. (Coggins) Ritchie (wife)
Jerry Ritchie (son)

More information

Pvt Ralph A. Ritchie enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 11 April 1944.
His initial burial took place on Fosse Cemetery, Namur, Belgium.

Ralph A. Ritchie is also remembered at the Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina.

Source of information: André Koch, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Patricia Ritchie Family Tree / North Carolina Birth Indexes / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Grave Walker, Landis High School 1938