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FINCHER, Ramon - Date of
birth
30 August 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Arkansas -
Hometown
Houston, Harris County, Texas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
38421708 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
407th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
2 December 1944 - Place of
death
Near Linnich on the Rur river, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| I | 4 | 11 |
Immediate family
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Members
Clinton E. Fincher (father)
Zeta V. (Grounds) Fincher (mother)
Minnie M. (Mynatt) Fincher (stepmother)
Edith Fincher (sister)
More information
Ramon Fincher was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for destroying an enemy machine gun nest that was hindering attack on a heavily fortified town. He was later killed while acting as leading man in an assault against the first building in the town.
Source of information: André Koch, Roel Peters, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 census, www.newspaperarchive.com - Galveston Daily News
Photo source: Roel Peters, www.findagrave.com - Fred Munckhof, Dan Weber - courtesy of Roel Peters