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Personal info

Full name
ASKREN, Ralph Harding
Date of birth
26 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Hometown
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35574527
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
607th Tank Destroyer Battalion,
3rd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
Fraulautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 24 58

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin H. Askren (father)
Elizabeth M. (Stillabower) Askren (mother)
Bessie I. Askren (sister)
Floyd E. Askren (brother)
Raymond L. Askren (brother)
Jo Ann (Lamkin) Askren (wife)

More information

Pfc Ralph H. Askren graduated from Warren Central High School and was a driver at the Indianapolis Wire Bound Box Company before he enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 16 December 1942. He was sent overseas on 21 April 1944.

At 1130 in the morning, B Company reported one tank destroyer had been knocked out and burned. It is believed that Pfc Askren was killed in this action.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.tankdestroyer.net, www.findagrave.com - Coleman, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis News - 22 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Steve Dike, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis Star, www.tankdestroyer.net