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Personal info

Full name
RALSTON, Warren Clark
Date of birth
9 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Thornwood, Pocahontas County, West Virginia
Hometown
Monterey, Highland County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
13064815
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 November 1944
Place of death
Near Sainte-Pôle, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 27 50

Immediate family

Members
Daniel C. Ralston (father)
Maude (Samples) Ralston (mother)
Juana J. Ralston (sister)
Martha H. Ralston (sister)

More information

Sgt Warren C. Ralston attended high school for one year and was a driver before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Richmond, Virginia on 16 June 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - WWII History Fan
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