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Personal info

Full name
PENNINGTON, Ralph
Date of birth
17 December 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Gladys, Lawrence County, Kentucky
Hometown
Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35647984
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
11 September 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 19 21

Immediate family

Members
Watt Pennington (father)
Nora P. (Ferrell) Pennington (mother)
Roy Pennington (brother)
Richard Pennington (brother)
Ray E. Pennington (brother)
Arnold Pennington (brother)
Eileen T. Pennington (sister)

More information

Sgt Ralph Pennington worked on the family farm.

He enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 15 January 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards / Family Tree, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
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