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Personal info

Full name
RATCLIFFE, Frank William
Date of birth
24 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
unknown
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Oberroedern, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 18 32

Immediate family

Members
Frank Ratcliffe (father)
Jane (Ward) Ratcliffe (mother)
Winnifred M. Ratcliffe (sister)
Alice W. Ratcliffe (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Frank W. Ratcliffe attended the Mechanic Arts High School and was worked in a foundry before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 13 April 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head and face.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Ratcliffes of Bury / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Coleman, www.newspapers.com – The Boston Globe - 15 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.newspapers.com – The Boston Globe - 15 February 1945