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GILMORE, Ralph Coulter - Date of
birth
17 January 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Coal Bluff, Washington County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Nottingham, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
33920967 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
23 September 1944 - Place of
death
Leyr, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 11 | 90 |
Immediate family
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Members
George G. Gilmore (father)
Katherine E. (Findley) Gilmore (mother)
William F. Gilmore (brother)
Mark E. Gilmore (brother)
Ira. L. Gilmore (brother)
George G. Gilmore (brother)
Eliza E. (Furlong) Gilmore (wife)
More information
Pvt Ralph C. Gilmore attended East Washington High School for four years and was employed at the Clairton Steel Works before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 31 January 1944. He was sent overseas in July 1944.He was killed by artillery shell fragments.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.
He is remembered at the Monongahela Cemetery in Monongahela, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
His brother Ira L. Gilmore died at the Pearl Harbor Hospital in Hawaii, also during WWII.
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 / Findley Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Republican, 7 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Kathy Lynn King