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Personal info

Full name
RIPPLE, Harold John
Date of birth
25 December 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio
Hometown
Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35512512
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
A 31 64

Immediate family

Members
Emery D. Ripple (father)
Gertrude C. (Boggins) Ripple (mother)
Betty (Veatch) Ripple (wife)
Jack Ripple (son)

More information

Pvt Harold J. Ripple attended high school for two years and was a plumber at Smith & Oby before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 22 September 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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 / Bouslough Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Hudson Louie