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Personal info

Full name
WILCOX, Ralph Denton
Date of birth
12 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Glens Falls, Warren County, New York
Hometown
Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York

Military service

Service number
32373511
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 March 1945
Place of death
Near Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 12 58

Immediate family

Members
Joseph P. Wilcox (father)
Nellie B. Wilcox (mother)
Joseph C. Wilcox (brother)
Percy S. Wilcox (brother)
Walter Wilcox (brother)
James P. Wilcox (brother)

More information

Ralph D. Wilcox attended Glens Falls High School and was a cook at the Quick Lunch in his hometown.

He enlisted in Albany, New York on 2 July 1942. He trained at Camp Hood, Texas and Camp Pickett, Virginia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - James L. Cooper, Richard Blunk, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1925 Census / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Post Star 10 April 1945