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Personal info

Full name
JACOBS, Ralph Melvin
Date of birth
27 November 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
East Gary, Lake County, Indiana
Hometown
East Gary, Lake County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
15382738
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
48th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 November 1944
Place of death
Barr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 10 22

Immediate family

Members
William F. Jacobs (father)
Dora M. Jacobs (mother)
Clarence L. Jacobs (brother)
Lucile M. Jacobs (sister)
Clara M. Jacobs (sister)
Betty L. Jacobs (sister)
George W. Jacobs (brother)

More information

Cpl Ralph M. Jacobs attended high school for two years and was a machinist before he volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, on 10 December 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://14thad.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy