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Personal info

Full name
ELLSWORTH, Ralph Chester
Date of birth
19 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
Hometown
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37735694
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
Near Beurig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 10 33

Immediate family

Members
Ralph Ellsworth (father)
Alva Ellsworth (mother)
Robert Ellsworth (brother)
Dorothy Ellsworth (sister)
Mary Ellsworth (sister)
Alice Ellsworth (sister)
Doris J. (Jones) Ellsworth (wife)
Ralph C. Ellsworth, Jr (son)
Diana L. Ellsworth (daughter)
Shirley Ellsworth (daughter)

More information

Pvt Ralph C. Ellsworth attended high school for 2 years and was employed as a painter at Omaha Neon Sign Company.

He enlisted in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 25 July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Alyce Longo, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / Missouri Marriage Records, http://www.94thinfdiv.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Evening World-Herald - 21 March 1945