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CHAPPLE, Ray William - Date of
birth
17 June 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Dwight, Livingston County, Illinois -
Hometown
Dwight, Livingston County, Illinois -
Religion
Protestant
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1166687 -
Rank
Captain -
Function
Battery Commander -
Unit
333rd Field Artillery Battalion,
D Battery
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
24 December 1944 - Place of
death
Bastogne, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| I | 5 | 22 |
Immediate family
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Members
George W. Chapple (father)
Leafa V. (Bergman) Chapple (mother)
Florence Chapple (sister)
George D. Chapple (brother)
Lucy M. Chapple (brother)
Arlene E. Chapple (sister)
Arita Chapple (sister)
Arden Chapple (brother)
Katherine R. (Baxter) Chapple (wife)
More information
Capt Ray W. Chapple graduated from Dwight High School and attended Illinois State Norma University and worked on the family farm before he enlisted in Chicago. Illinois on 30 July 1941. He was selected for the Officers' Training School and after his commission, served as an instructor at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma until 1 February 1944. He was sent overseas on 27 June 1944.He was married to Katherine Baxter on 4 December 1943.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.
On the day he was killed, the building in which he was resting, was hit by a German bomb. He was killed instantly.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.
He is remembered at the Round Grove Cemetery in Dwight, Livingston County, Illinois.
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 / Tyler Family Tree / 1920/1930/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - Ronan Urvoaz / Jay Tyler / Michael D., www.newspapers.com - The Times - 27 June 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Ronan Urvoaz / www.wwiimemorial.com - Florence Chapple (sister) / Jay Tyler