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Personal info

Full name
WHITWORTH, Ralph Weir
Date of birth
25 March 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Rosedale, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
Hometown
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37731256
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sauceray-St. Dié, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 25 23

Immediate family

Members
Phil J. Whitworth (father)
Mattie M. Whitworth (mother)
David R. Whitworth (brother)
Phil C. Whitworth (brother)
James M. Whitworth (brother)
Edna M. Whitworth (sister)
Irene R. Whitworth (sister)
Josephine M. (Grolbert) Whitworth (wife)
Doris Whitworth (daughter)
Eleanore Whitworth (daughter)
Dorothy Whitworth (daughter)

More information

Pvt Ralph W. Whitworth was a delivery man, employed by the Whole Sale Ding Company, before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 18 January 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax.

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