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Personal info

Full name
CUSTER, Ray Nichols
Date of birth
23 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Union, Sullivan County, Missouri
Hometown
Sullivan County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37244847
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 16 3

Immediate family

Members
Gail W. Custer (father)
Nettie (Burchett) Custer (mother)
Arthur V. Custer (brother)
Max L. Custer (brother)
Kenneth K. Custer (brother)
Arlie C. Custer (brother)
Sylva J. Custer (sister)
Mary V. (Morelock) Custer (wife)

More information

Pfc Ray N. Custer was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St Avold, France.

At the request of his family, he was buried next to his brother, Arlie C. Custer.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.honorstates.org