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Personal info

Full name
WOLF, Raymond Berl
Date of birth
19 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Tionesta, Tionesta Twp, Forrest County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Seminole County, Oklahoma
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
18085955
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Thier-du-Mont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 14 35

Immediate family

Members
Herbert O. Wolf (father)
Ordie L. (Mealy) Wolf (mother)
Evelyn Wolf (sister)
Helen Wolf (sister)
Virginia M. Wolf (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Raymond B. Wolf graduated from Warren High School and attended the University of Oklahoma.

He was sent overseas on 27 Devember 1943. He has already participated in the D-Day landings and Operation Market Garden. During this operation he was wounded in action and hospitalized in England. At his own request he was discharged a month before he was killed.

He was reported seriously wounded in action on 7 January 1945 and died of his wounds two days later.

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, http://aad.archives.gov, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - The Warren Times Mirror, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: www.specialforcesroh.com, Siem Voogt, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, U.S. School Yearbook