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Personal info

Full name
RAMSEY, Webster Lincoln
Date of birth
9 February 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33245693
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
Rittershoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 28 29

Immediate family

Members
Samuel L. Ramsey (father)
Alice M. (Kauffman) Ramsey (mother)
Anna M. Ramsey (sister)
Melvin L. Ramsey (brother)
Alma M. Ramsey (sister)
Janet A. Ramsey (sister)

More information

Pfc Webster L. Ramsey attended high school for two years and was a bartender before he enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 6 June 1942.

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 / Shires Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
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