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Personal info

Full name
OGBORN, Raphael Frederick
Date of birth
5 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois
Hometown
East Prairie, Mississippi County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
20729887
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Near Herrlisheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 11 1

Immediate family

Members
Earl Ogborn (father)
Susie E. (Krauss) Ogborn (mother)
Sylvia Ogborn (sister)
Melton K. Ogborn (brother)
Hugh C. Ogborn (brother)
Ermil F. Ogborn (brother)
Mafalda J. Ogborn (sister)
Ruth P. (Berry) Ogborn (wife)

More information

Sgt Raphael F. Ogborn attended high school for three years and worked on a farm before he joined the National Guard in Charleston, Missouri on 20 December 1940. He was sent overseas in May 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Chriss Krauss Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - Christopher Krauss