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Personal info

Full name
WINKELMAN, Ralph Carl
Date of birth
25 September 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota
Hometown
Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37589320
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
66th Infantry Regiment,
71st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
5 May 1945
Place of death
Steyr, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 33 18

Immediate family

Members
Louis Winkelman (father)
Lenora R. (Ramey) Winkelman (mother)
John G. Winkelman (brother)
Nellie E. Winkelman (sister)
Sylvia F. Winkelman (sister)
Sylvester L. Winkelman (brother)
Irene Winkelman ((half-sister)
Emily M. Winkelman (half-sister)
Della E. Winkelman (half-sister)
Edward J. Winkelman (half-brother)
Irene M. (Trost) Winkelman (wife)
Charles L. Winkelman (son)
Duane R. Winkelman (son)
Kenneth A. Winkelman (son)
Marilyn M. Winkelman (daughter)

More information

Pfc Ralph C. Winkelman attended high school for one year and worked as a driver before he enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 8 February 1944.

He married to Irene M. Trost in 1935 and they had 6 children.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - WWII Registration Card / Jewish Serviceman Card / 1920/1930/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Minnesota Star 12 June 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Delphine Richter Thomas, www.newspapers.com - The Minnesota Star 12 June 1945