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Personal info

Full name
RAMSEY, William Harley "Billy"
Date of birth
12 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Salem, Harrison County, West Virginia
Hometown
Tenmile, Harrison County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
20546278
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
Gaildorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 30 34

Immediate family

Members
Frank Ramsey (father)
Rosalie (Simpson) Ramsey (mother)
Glen Ramsey (brother)
Frankie M. Ramsey (sister)
Vora I. Ramsey (sister)
Eugene Ramsey (brother)
Genevieve Ramsey (sister)
Mary M. Ramsey (sister)
Irene Ramsey (sister)

More information

Sgt William H. Ramsey attended high school for four years and was employed at the Babcock Coal & Coke Company before he joined the National Guard in Salem, West Virginia on 6 January 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Sandra Young Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.10tharmored.com
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