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Personal info

Full name
CANTRELL, Ralph C
Date of birth
13 April 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Vian, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Gatesville, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38319418
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
Near Thionville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 16 29

Immediate family

Members
Bert D. Cantrell (father)
Hatty M. (Riley) Cantrell (mother)
Edith L. Cantrell (sister)
Mary J. Cantrell (sister)
Velma Cantrell (sister)
Catherine Cantrell (sister)
Earl E. Cantrell (brother)
Searl R. Cantrell (brother)
Erma Cantrell (sister)
Billy G. Cantrell (brother)

More information

Pfc Ralph C. Cantrell enlisted in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 14 October 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Porter Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com - Don J

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