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Personal info

Full name
SANBORN, Ralph Bartlett
Date of birth
7 November 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Mentor, Saline County, Kansas
Hometown
Salina, Saline County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37504222
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
312th Engineer Combat Battalion,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 11 7

Immediate family

Members
Paul R. Sanborn (father)
Adi (Nutt) Sanborn (mother)
Glenn Sanborn (brother)
Imogene B. Sanborn (wife)

More information

Pvt Ralph B. Sanborn attended Salina High School.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

He is also remembered at the Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Salina, Saline County, Kansas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com - emtsujsto / R & S
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - LaOsboum