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Personal info

Full name
VIX, Ralph George
Date of birth
29 October 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Monango, Dickey County, North Dakota
Hometown
Ellendale, Dickey County, North Dakota

Military service

Service number
37313498
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bettingen-Wettlingen, west of Bitburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 21

Immediate family

Members
Simon Vix (father)
Rosa (Engelhardt) Vix (mother)
Reinholt Vix (brother)
Henry J. Vix (brother)
Harry B. Vix (brother)
Theodore Vix (brother)
Anna Vix (sister)
Ruth Vix (sister)
Louise Vix (sister)
Otto Vix (brother)
Laura A. (Broker) Vix (wife)
Bonita A. Vix (daughter)
Rodger Vix (son)

More information

S/Sgt Ralph G. Vix attended North Dakota State Normal and Industrial School for three years and was a teacher before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - soilsister, Dickey County Leader courtesy of Ellendale, North Dakota Library