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Personal info

Full name
MAGNUSON, Ralph Eugene
Date of birth
22 January 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
Hometown
Sheridan, Yamhill County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
O-378036
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
215th Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 11 35

Immediate family

Members
Oscar W. Magnuson (father)
Edith E. (Eckert) Magnuson (mother)
Howard W. Magnuson (brother)
Lois E. Magnuson (sister)
Alice I. Magnuson (sister)
Barbara R. (Brandt) Magnuson (wife)
Priscilla Magnuson (daughter)

More information

Capt Ralph E. Magnuson graduated from Sheridan High School in 1935 and from Oregon State College during mid-term December 1939 in the school of animal husbandry. He entered the service immediately after graduating.

He is also remembered at the Sheridan Masonic Cemetery in Sheridan, Yamhill County, Oregon.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Thorstens Tree, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton / Sheri West, www.newspapers.com - Corvallis Gazette Times 16 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / James Burke / Fantsy