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Personal info

Full name
RITTER, George Raymond
Date of birth
6 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Egypt, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33937776
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Irrel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 4 50

Immediate family

Members
Raymond L. Ritter (father)
Minnie M. (Lobach) Ritter (mother)
Dorothy I. Ritter (sister)
Samuel A. Ritter (brother)
Margaret A. Ritter (sister)
Leroy E. Ritter (brother)
Stanley M. Ritter (brother)
Robert P. Ritter (brother)
Frances M. Ritter (sister)
Millard G. Ritter (brother)
Gladys C. (Kromer) Ritter (wife)
Alan L. Ritter (son)

More information

Pfc George R. Ritter was married to Gladys Clara Kromer on 25 December 1940 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

He enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 1 May 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files / Pennsylvania Marriages 1852-1968
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery