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Personal info

Full name
HARRIS, Ralph
Date of birth
20 April 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Pittsburg, Williamson County, Illinois
Hometown
Corinth, Williamson County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36024001
Rank
Private
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
Medical Detachment,
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dornot-Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Howard S. Harris (father)
Helen M. Harris (mother)
Paul Harris (brother)
William E. Harris (brother)
Hazel Harris (sister)

More information

Ralph Harris attended high school for three years and was a truck driver at the Illinois State Hospital in Peoria.

He enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 26 June 1941.

Pvt Harris is remembered with a memorial marker at Corinth Zion Methodist Church Cemetery in Corinth, Williamson County, Illinois.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman / Amanda Trill