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Personal info

Full name
RUPERT, Ralph Eugene
Date of birth
24 May 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Armstrong, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
33245137
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 4 46

Immediate family

Members
John T. Rupert (father)
Mary L. Rupert (mother)
Allan Armstrong (stepbrother)

More information

Pfc Ralph E. Rupert enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 25 May 1942.

He is remembered at the Shelocta Presbyterian Cemetery, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. The date of death on this stone is wrong.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Moore Family Tree, The Indiana Gazette - 6 April 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - E. Renkin, The Indiana Gazette - 6 April 1945