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Personal info

Full name
RANGUS, Ralph Frank
Date of birth
7 October 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
19059341
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
274th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 18 29

Immediate family

Members
Antone Rangus (father)
Mary (Schutte) Rangus (mother)
Joseph J. Rangus (brother)
Antone Rangus Jr. (brother)
John Rangus (brother)
Albin R. Rangus (brother)
Mary A. Rangus (sister)
Frank Rangus (brother)
Agnes Rangus (sister)
Sophie Rangus (sister)
Louis J. Rangus (brother)

More information

Pvt Ralph F. Rangus volunteered for the Army of the United States in Seattle, Washington on 10 December 1941.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.

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 / Caruso Zembalatti Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com - Ironwood Daily Globe 16 December 1944
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