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Personal info

Full name
EMPFIELD, Raymond Grant
Date of birth
3 June 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Belsano, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Homer City, Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13146171
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
371st Field Artillery Battalion,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 3 9

Immediate family

Members
Lemmon E. Empfield (father)
Lillian M. (Brown) Empfield (mother)
Wilbert W. Empfield (brother)
Viola A. Empfield (sister)
William M. Empfield (brother)
Donald W. Empfield (brother)
Ruth A. (Weil) Empfield (wife)

More information

Raymond Empfield graduated from Pine Township High School.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 10 December 1942.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet