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Personal info

Full name
SOOY, Ralph Blakely
Date of birth
9 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13112554
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Schevenhütte, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 1 58

Immediate family

Members
Ralph E. Sooy (father)
Gertrude S. Sooy (mother)
Florence J. Sooy (sister)
William F. Sooy (brother)
Shirley (Grebe) Sooy (wife)
Darlene A. Sooy (daughter)

More information

Pvt Ralph B. Sooy volunteered for the US Army in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 25 August 1942.

He attended Pottstown High School in Pottstown. Before induction, he was employed at the Mrs. Smith's Pies bakery. He was a member of the Transfiguration Lutheran Church. He went overseas in November, 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Pottstown High School Yearbook 1940