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Personal info

Full name
CARNES, Ralph Judson
Date of birth
26 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Flat Creek, Lancaster County, South Carolina
Hometown
Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34513964
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
15th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 October 1944
Place of death
Near Malaucourt-sur-Seille, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 5 76

Immediate family

Members
Lemuel A. Carnes (father)
Lillie (McManus) Carnes (mother)
Coy A. Carnes (brother)
Lula M. Carnes (sister)
Helen Carnes (sister)

More information

Pfc Ralph J. Carnes was employed at the Springs Cotton Mill in Lancaster before he enlisted at Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina on 17 November 1942.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.
He is remembered at the Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Knights Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Robin Pellicci Moore / Robert Young Jr., www.6tharmoreddivision.com, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Robin Pellicci Moore / Robert Young Jr.