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Personal info

Full name
RATLIFF, Wilfred A
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Perry County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35275989
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
37th Tank Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the area of Château-Salins, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 9 28

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Ratliff (father)
Catherine R. Ratliff (mother)
Mark H. Gordon (stepfather)
Herbert P. Ratliff (brother)
Joseph C. Ratliff (brother)

More information

Pfc Wilfred A. Ratliff was employed by the Nugent Sand Company before he enlisted at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 17 Feruary 1942 and was sent overseas in Decembe, 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1910/1920/1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Newark Advocate

Photo source: - www.findagrave.com - Silvano Theunissen, www.newspapers.com - The Newark Advocate