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Personal info

Full name
FAULKNER, Ralph Henry
Date of birth
9 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Knox County, Tennessee
Hometown
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34937419
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
5th Infantry Regiment,
71st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 April 1945
Place of death
Regensburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 8 53

Immediate family

Members
Vesco Faulkner (father)
Elizabeth H. (Smith) Faulkner (mother)
Floyd V. Faulkner (brother)
Mary E. Faulkner (sister)
William C. Faulkner (brother)
Rhea Faulkner (brother)
Albert F. Faulkner (brother)
James Faulkner (brother)
Glenn O. Faulkner (brother)
Mary R. (Warwick) Faulkner (wife)
Mary E. Faulkner (daughter)
Ralph E. Faulkner (son)
Sandra J. Faulkner (daughter)
Henrietta Faulkner (daughter)

More information

Pvt Ralph H. Faulkner attended high school for two years and worked as a veterinarian assistant before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 21 July 1944.
He was married to Mary Warwick on 28 February 1941. They had a first daughter on 17 July 1942, but she died within 12 hours after her birth.
Four of his brothers also served during WWII.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.org – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Family tree
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – kim, www.newspapers.com – The Knoxville News, 13 May 1945