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Personal info

Full name
RUBY, Bruce Emmet
Date of birth
19 April 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota
Hometown
Cleveland, Edmunds County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
37593759
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Dié - Etival-Clairefontaine, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 3 65

Immediate family

Members
Floyd W. Ruby (father)
Francis B. (Wenner) Ruby (mother)
Ada I. Ruby (sister)
Homer H. Ruby (brother)
Leo C. Ruby (brother)
Carman H. Ruby (brother)
Wellima L. Ruby (sister)
Mildred V. Ruby (sister)
Gladys K. Ruby (sister)
Audry E. Ruby (sister)
Velda L. Ruby (sister)
Lyle H. Ruby (brother)
Anna M. (Kiesz) Ruby (wife)
Floyd F. Ruby (son)
Ronald Ruby (son)

More information

Pvt Bruce E. Ruby worked on the family farm before he enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 12 February 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Fallen Sons and Daughters of SD in WWII