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Personal info

Full name
HAMMOND, Ralph Martin
Date of birth
27 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Scott County, Virginia
Hometown
Sullivan County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34889389
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
774th Tank Battalion,
2nd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
Near Hebronval-Ottré, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Campbell P. Hammond (father)
Alice M. (Bishop) Hammond (mother)
Linda I. Hammond (sister)

More information

Pfc Ralph M. Hammond enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 20 November 1943 and trained at Camp Croft, South Carolina, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, and Fort Meade, Maryland. He was sent overseas in November 1944.

The 2nd Platoon of B Company lost two tanks by enemy fire that day. Four men were killed. Three names are listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Ardennes Cemetery: Pfc Ralph M. Hammond, T/4 Arnold A. Pfaff and Sgt Daniel P. Liptrap. The platoon commander, 2nd Lt Lloyd M. Merrit is buried at Henri-Chapelle Cemetery.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - The Kingsport News /
Family Tree / 1930 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 774th Tank Battalion

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - The Kingsport News