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Personal info

Full name
STATES, Ralph Burchfield
Date of birth
15 June 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Ridgeway, Elk County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Erie County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
W2113440
Rank
Chief Warrant Officer
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 8 28

Immediate family

Members
United States (father)
Etta M. (Burchfield) States (mother)
Treva States (sister)
Hattie States (sister)
William States (brother)
Florence States (sister)
Naomi States (sister)

More information

C.W.O Ralph B. States enlisted in Ridgeway, Pennsylvania on 17 February 1941.

He entered the service as a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / WWII Enlistment Record / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / KRD Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Ralph Pickett