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Personal info

Full name
RUBY, George Allen
Date of birth
20 January 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Lower Windsor, York County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Lower Windsor, York County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33515297
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
68th Armored Infantry Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Rittershoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 9 17

Immediate family

Members
George C. Ruby (father)
Maggie E. Ruby (mother)
William C. Ruby (brother)
Grier S. Ruby (twin brother)
Janet M. Ruby (sister)
Estella G. (Gemmill) Ruby (wife)

More information

Pfc George A. Ruby was employed at the York Safe and Lock Corporation. He enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 27 August 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Burns and Sheetz Family Tree / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, http://14thad.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, York Daily Record - 15 January 1945