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Personal info

Full name
BRANTLEY, Ralph
Date of birth
13 November 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Fort Valley, Peach County, Georgia
Hometown
Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34793221
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
Near Darnieulles, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 10 69

Immediate family

Members
Robert D. Brantley (father)
Beulah P. Brantley (mother)
Fred Brantley (brother)
Roy Brantley (twin brother)
Willis J. Brantley (brother)
James T. Brantley (brother)
John S. Brantley (brother)
Evelyn Brantley (sister)
Gussie Brantley (sister)
Elder M. (Sands) Brantley (wife)

More information

Pvt Ralph Brantley was a stock clerk before he enlisted in Camp Blanding, Florida, on 20 September 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, The Miami News - 19 October 1942