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Personal info

Full name
RANCK, Olan Dale
Date of birth
8 September 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
New Columbia, White Deer Township, Union County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
New Columbia, White Deer Township, Union County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33232231
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
302nd Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division,
2nd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 February 1945
Place of death
Campholz Woods, near Sinz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 63

Immediate family

Members
Percival E. Ranck (father)
Susie E. Campbell (mother)
Thelma L. Ranck (sister)
Florence O. Ranck (sister)
Martha E. Ranck (sister)
Nevin E. Ranck (brother)
Clara H. Ranck (wife)

More information

T/4 Olan D. Ranck attended high school for 2 years and was a mechanic. He enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 28 May 1942.

He was killed by shell fragmentation wounds to the chest and arms.

He is remembered at the Highland Cemetery in New Columbia, Union County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - various family trees - Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Card, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Registration Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Scott Plen, Marcel van Aalzum