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GREENWOOD, Ralph J - Date of
birth
2 May 1922 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Kentucky -
Hometown
Kenton County, Kentucky
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35674307 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
17 December 1944 - Place of
death
Losheimergraben, Belgium (German border)
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 3 | 5 |
Immediate family
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Members
Mae Greenwood (mother)
James Greenwood (brother)
Carthell Greenwood (brother)
Myles Greenwood (brother)
Thelma Greenwood (sister)
Antonide Greenwood (sister)
William Greenwood (brother)
More information
Sgt Ralph J. Greenwood was one of five brothers in the Army. The other four came home, but two of them were wounded in action. His family learned from an article in the August 1991 issue of the "Checkerboard" that he was buried in the American Cemetery at Henri-Chapelle. No one had told them.
Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Henri Hannon, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone Inscription and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930/1940 Census
Photo source: Astrid van Erp, Henri Hannon