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Personal info

Full name
RITTER, Elmer Keith
Date of birth
5 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Carey, Wyandot County, Ohio
Hometown
Fostoria, Hancock County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35348154
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
Lutremange, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 7 16

Immediate family

Members
Harold F. Ritter (father)
Eula F. (Snook) Ritter (mother)
Alva E. Ritter (brother)
Maxine M. Ritter (sister)
Annabelle Ritter (sister)
Betty L. Ritter (sister)
Harold Ritter (brother)
Aileen R. Ritter (sister)

More information

Pvt Elmer K. Ritter attended Carey High School for one year and was employed at the Frank Blaser Coal Yard before he enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 17 November 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire to the head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / DNA Research Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Frank Merriman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, Carey High School - 1934