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Personal info

Full name
BISHOP, Ralph John
Date of birth
16 October 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O-402925
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Tank Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Between Clervaux and Bastogne on the Belgian-Luxembourg border

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 13 24

Immediate family

Members
Ralph J. Bishop (father)
Hazel A. (Mason) Bishop (mother)
Lester M. Bishop (brother)
Shirley J. Bishop (sister)
Margaret (Young) Bishop (wife)
Ralph J. Bishop (son)

More information

1st Lt Ralph J. Bishop, Jr. graduated from Cleveland Heights High School and the Western Reserve University School of Law. He was associated with his father in the Ralph J. Bishop Company.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Dennis-Roberts Family Tree 8-2014, https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2016/08/11/blood-for-time-9th-armored-at-bastogne-and-the-battle-of-the-bulge/, www.newspapers.com - The Sandusky Register - 25 January 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Virginia Lehmann, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks 1900-1990 Cleveland Heights High School Ohio 1932