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WILMOT, Ralph Allen - Date of
birth
1 August 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Idaho -
Hometown
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-394678 -
Rank
Captain -
Function
unknown -
Unit
634th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
23 December 1944 - Place of
death
Limburg an der Lahn, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Ethan A. Wilmot (father)
Mildred E. (Greene) Wilmot (mother)
Elliot D. Wilmot (brother)
Marjorie E. Wilmot (sister)
More information
Ralph A. Wilmot graduated from Peoria High School in 1938 and attended the University of Illinois and was employed by the Burroughs Business Machines Co.In December 1944 the 634th AAA Battalion was attached to the 106th Infantry Division in the Losheim Gab, on the Belgian-German border when they were overrun by the German Army.
Capt Wilmot was taken prisoner on 18 December 1944 and taken to Stalag XII-A.
On 23 December 1944, American airplanes attacked the railroad yard and the POW camp of Limburg an der Lahn. About 60 to 70 U.S. officers were killed during that air raid.
Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, SCN.pdf (7tharmddiv.org)
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Dave Hansen/ Jill