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Personal info

Full name
LEAVITT, Ralph Hodson
Date of birth
16 October 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Randolph, Orange County, Vermont
Hometown
La Grange Park, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16175187
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Light Mortar Crewman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division,
Heavy Weapons Platoon – Mortar Squad
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
17 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Marktredwitz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 32 38

Immediate family

Members
Edward T. Leavitt (father)
Helen H. (Hodson) Leavitt (mother)
Edward H. Leavitt Jr. (brother)
Carol L. Leavitt (sister)
Margaret H. Leavitt (sister)

More information

Pfc Ralph H. Leavitt attended Lyons Township High School.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 15 December 1943.

He was taken prisoner in the vicinity of Sankt Vith, Belgium on 21 December 1944 and was first held prisoner in Stalag IX-B in Bad Orb, Germany.

In February 1945 more than 350 U.S. POW's, Jewish and other religions, were sent to Berga concentration camp for forced labor. On 4 April 1945 these POW's were send on a death march to Bavaria. On 15 April they were in the vicinity of Marktredwitz, Bavaria, Germany.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Prisoner of War / Hahn Whitesell Lilley Family Tree / Vermont Birth Records, http://www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART.htm

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – JoMaRo, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks