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Personal info

Full name
COVELL, Ralph F
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois
Hometown
Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16020279
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Nürnberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 28 5

Immediate family

Members
William F. Covell (father)
Mathilda M. (Snyder) Covell (mother)
Harold E. Covell (brother)
Clarence H. Covell (brother)
Minnie B. Covell (sister)
Esther M. Covell (sister)
Irene Covell (sister)

More information

Pfc Ralph F. Covell attended high school for four years and was a surveying assistant before he joined the Regular Army in Wakesau, Wisconsin on 6 August 1940.

He was killed by small arms fire in the thorax.

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