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Personal info

Full name
FISH, Raymond Lyman
Date of birth
17 July 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Corning, Steuben County, New York

Military service

Service number
42085458
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Mönchengladbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 4 2

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Fish (father)
Ethel (Copp) Fish (mother)
Tilly S. Fish (brother)
Susan Fish (sister)
Anna (Nicholson) Fish (wife)
George Fish (son)
Franklyn Fish (son)
Robert Fish (son)
Luceile Fish (daughter)

More information

Pfc Raymond L. Fish enlisted on 29 February 1944 at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

He joined his unit from Replacement Depot on 26 November 1944 and was promoted to Private First Class on 10 February 1945.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / Fish Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet