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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Ralph J
Date of birth
1926
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Oklahoma
Hometown
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
18195842
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 February 1945
Place of death
Near Kruchten-Hommerdingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 9 20

Immediate family

Members
Herschel Smith (father)
Minnie Smith (mother)
Herschel Smith (brother)

More information

Pvt Ralph J. Smith attended Classen High School in Oklahoma.

He was killed by multiple artillery shell fragments, which hit him all over his body.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten