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JEFFRIES, Ralph - Date of
birth
9 September 1919 -
Age
25 - Place of
birth
Pennsboro, Ritchie County, West Virginia -
Hometown
Neola, Greenbrier County, West Virginia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35379572 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
707th Tank Battalion
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
11 April 1945 - Place of
death
Between Rödichen and Wüllersleben, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Walter Jeffries (father)
Janie (Kirkpatrick) Jeffries (mother)
Bessie (Britton) Jeffries (stepmother)
Ora L. Jeffries (sister)
Ernest Jeffries (brother)
Earl W. Jeffries (brother)
Fannie Jeffries (sister)
Lenna D. Jeffries (sister)
Cecil Jeffries (brother)
Elsie M. Jeffries (sister)
Violet Jeffries (sister)
Ruby E. Jeffries (sister)
Robert W. Jeffries (brother)
James Jeffries (brother)
Olive L. Jeffries (sister)
Mary E. Jeffries (sister)
More information
Ralph Jeffries worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps.The battalion's After Action Report states that B Company cleared several villages and towns between Rödichen and Wüllersleben between 8 and 11 April 1945. The other companies were also involved in the fighting in the area but only B Company is reported to have lost two tanks and suffered six wounded and two missing during this period. It can therefore be assumed that Pvt Jeffries was one of the men reported missing in action and belonged to this company.
Pfc Robert W. Jeffries was the brother-in-law of Pfc Charles B. Simmons who is buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten.
His brother, Pfc Robert W. Jeffries, was killed on 23 January 1945 and buried at the Luxembourg American Cemetery.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, After Action Report 707th TB
Photo source: Peter Schouteten - www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - family tree