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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Ralph Felix
Date of birth
13 January 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
Hometown
Multnomah County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39320993
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Ralph J. Smith (father)
Rose A. Smith (mother)
Vivienne M. (Madsen) Smith (wife)

More information

Cpl Ralph F. Smith attended Multnomah College for two years.

He enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 31 October 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, http://www.94thinfdiv.com/

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks, E. Joseph Sharkey Jr