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Personal info

Full name
LEWIS, Ralph Edward
Date of birth
17 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Benton, Franklin County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-826699
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
335th Fighter Squadron,
4th Fighter Group
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Gunzburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 40 21

Immediate family

Members
Lemuel E. Lewis (father)
Lillian M. (Willis) Lewis (mother)
Willis Lewis (brother)
Everett R. Lewis (brother)
Mary B. Lewis (sister)
Isabelle Lewis (sister)
Harry L. Lewis (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
44-14529
Data
Type: P-51D

MACR: 10328

More information

Hit by Flak near Gunzburg, Germany

His brother, 1st Lt Everett Russell Lewis, serving with the Army Air Corps, was killed in an aircraft accident on 12 April 1945 near DeBerry, Texas

Source of information: Michel Beckers, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.ancestry.com - 1930 -1940 census / Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees

Photo source: Jac Engels, Astrid van Erp