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Personal info

Full name
MCARTER, Ralph William
Date of birth
7 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky
Hometown
Cold Spring, Campbell County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35684932
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
Erching, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 15 28

Immediate family

Members
Edward J. McArter (father)
Katherine B. (Willis) McArter (mother)
Edgar L. McArter (brother)
Theodore E. McArter (brother)
Tomas N. McArter (brother)
Herbert W. McArter (brother)
Edna McArter (sister)
Lilian (Michiels) McArter (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Ralph W. McArter attended high school for one year and was employed at the Stacey Brothers Gas Construction Company before he enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 28 January 1943.
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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Joel Frampton Gilfert, newspaper article