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Personal info

Full name
SPOOR, Ralph Edward
Date of birth
29 June 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Ira, Cayuga County, New York
Hometown
Victory, Cayuga County, New York

Military service

Service number
42091876
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Le Tholy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 11 10

Immediate family

Members
Walter Spoor (father)
Susan S. (Grover) Spoor (mother)
Harold C. Spoor (brother)
Ruth E. Spoor (sister)
Ruth J. (Faatz) Spoor (wife)
Richard E. Spoor (son)
Joan E. Spoor (daughter)

More information

Pvt Ralph E. Spoor was a chauffeur.

He enlisted in Syracuse, New York on 3 January 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards / Michael Taylor Family Tree, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy