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Personal info

Full name
MONROE, Raymond Lee
Date of birth
15 December 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Blue Rock, Muskingum County, Ohio
Hometown
Muskingum County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35293694
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
Near Hastenrath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 42 11

Immediate family

Members
Herschel E. Monroe (father)
Mary R. (Young) Monroe (mother)
Pauline F. Monroe (sister)
Delma J. Monroe (sister)
Doyle A. Monroe (brother)
Susan Monroe (sister)
Betty J. (Stutes) Monroe (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Monroe joined his unit on 27 June 1944 and got promoted to Sergeant on 27 August and to Staff Sergeant on 19 September 1944.

S/Sgt Monroe was leading a combat patrol, sent out to capture three towns and mop up the enemy resistance. The patrol was caught under heavy machine gun and rifle fire and were forced to withdraw. S/Sgt Monroe never returned from this patrol.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, www.newspapers.com, http://muskingumlibrary.org, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Peter Schouteten