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Personal info

Full name
RAY, Gerald Leroy
Date of birth
15 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
Hometown
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35553365
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Halloville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 32 53

Immediate family

Members
Charles D. Ray (father)
Matilda (Bunce) Ray (mother)
Mary Ray (sister)
Raymond Ray (brother)
Charles R. Ray (brother)
Robert Ray (brother)

More information

Pvt Gerald L. Ray enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 7 April 1943.

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 / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Aiken Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Coleman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy