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Personal info

Full name
RINGBLOOM, Guy A
Date of birth
21 March 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Minnesota
Hometown
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
O1293835
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
387th Infantry Regiment,
97th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Siegburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 21 7

Immediate family

Members
Carl A. Ringbloom (father)
Grace (Addington) Ringbloom (mother)
Burton Ringbloom (brother)
Elinor Ringbloom (sister)
Francelle Ringbloom (sister)
Joyce Ringbloom (sister)
Rodney Ringbloom (brother)
June Ringbloom (sister)

More information

1st Lt Guy A. Ringbloom graduated from West High School and attended the Univeristy of Minnesota.

He was an accountant before he volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 20 January 1942. He served 20 months in the Aleutians before he was sent to the Europe.

He was killed by sniperfire while rescuing one of his wounded men.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / Birth Index, www.homeoftheheroes.com, www.history.army.mil, www.newspapers.com - Star Tribune

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - West High School Yearbook 1934, www.newspapers.com - Star Tribune