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Personal info

Full name
GAGE, Ralph Almond
Date of birth
3 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31039109
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
Grosbous, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 5 6

Immediate family

Members
Sylvester Gage (father)
Lucy (Cordes) Gage (mother)
Leon Gage (brother)
Vernon Gage (brother)
Harold Gage (brother)
Everett Gage (brother)
Albert Gage (brother)
Elmer Gage (brother)
Frederick Gage (brother)
Evelyn Gage (sister)
Eva Gage (sister)
Eleanor Gage (sister)
Elsie Gage (sister)

More information

Sgt Ralph A. Gage enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 15 March 1941 and was seent overseas in August 1944.

He was wounded in France on 8 November 1944 for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

He was killed by small arms fire.

Sgt Gage was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Stanley R Noll, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Massachusetts Town and Vital Records / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Astrid, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Berkshire County Eagle - 24 January 1945