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Personal info

Full name
BELCHER, Ray Velton
Date of birth
5 November 1907
Age
36
Place of birth
Dayton, Rockingham County, Virginia
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35461082
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Ammunition Handler
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
4 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 24 43

Immediate family

Members
Edward H. Belcher (father)
Mary E. Belcher (mother)
Ula V. Belcher (sister)
Georgia E. Belcher (sister)
Carrie M. Belcher (sister)
Howard W. Belcher (brother)
Golden E. Belcher (sister)
William M. Belcher (brother)
Ruby F. Belcher (sister)
Thelma W. (Rogers) Belcher (wife)

More information

Pfc Ray V. Belcher had a post graduate degree and worked at roger Grocery & Baking Company
before he enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 6 June 1942.
At the time of his death, I Company was engaged in the fighting in the vicinity of Montauville, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, U.S. School Year books / Rogers Martin Mann Family Tree / www.80thDivision.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy