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Personal info

Full name
STOVER, Ralph Lawson
Date of birth
29 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio
Hometown
Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35081564
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Speicher, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 14 25

Immediate family

Members
Louis A. Stover (father)
Bernice J. (Snyder) Stover (mother)
Gertrude M. Stover (sister)
Mary A. Stover (sister)
Helen D. Stover (sister)
Chester W. Stover (half-brother)
Helen M. (Grasser) Stover (wife)
Janet Stover (daughter)

More information

Pfc Ralph L. Stover was married to Helen M. Grasser on 29 May 1939.

He enlisted at Fort Newport, Kentucky on 15 April 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / 1930 Census, http://76thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - soilsister, www.newspapers.com - News-Journal - 13 April 1945