PVT. Ashworth, Ralph Welton
Service number: 34997373
Age:19
Born: August 5, 1925, Orange County, North Carolina
Hometown: Buckhorn Township, Harnett County, North Carolina
Family:
William Bud Ashworth (father)
Lessie Magnolia (Dean) Ashworth (mother)
William Lee Ashworth (brother)
Jessie Ray Ashworth (brother)
Paul J ames Ashworth (brother)
Lewis Henry Ashworth (brother)
Lessie Mae Ashworth/Douglas (sister)
Beulah Mae Ashworth (sister)
Floyd Lellion Ashworth (brother)
Lonnie Lee Ashworth (brother)
Rank: Private
Function: Rifleman
Battalion: 38th Armored Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company : B Company
Date of death: 26 March 1945
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Hundsangen, Westerwaldkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Spot: Not available
Awards:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot I, Row 10, Grave 10
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on June 26, 1944, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Other Information: The following is from the 7th Armored Division archives.
He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery at Ittenbach, Germany on 30 March 1945. He was transferred to Margraten en first buried there at block TT, row 4, grave 94 on 20 August 1945. He was disinterred on 14 September 1948 and his remains were prepared and placed in a casket on Ocotber 5, 1948. He was given his final resting place on 9 February 1949.
PVT. Ashworth, Ralph Welton
Service number: 34997373
Age:19
Born: August 5, 1925, Orange County, North Carolina
Hometown: Buckhorn Township, Harnett County, North Carolina
Family:
William Bud Ashworth (father)
Lessie Magnolia (Dean) Ashworth (mother)
William Lee Ashworth (brother)
Jessie Ray Ashworth (brother)
Paul J ames Ashworth (brother)
Lewis Henry Ashworth (brother)
Lessie Mae Ashworth/Douglas (sister)
Beulah Mae Ashworth (sister)
Floyd Lellion Ashworth (brother)
Lonnie Lee Ashworth (brother)
Rank: Private
Function: Rifleman
Battalion: 38th Armored Infantry Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company : B Company
Date of death: 26 March 1945
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Hundsangen, Westerwaldkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Spot: Not available
Awards:
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Plot I, Row 10, Grave 10
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Date of enlistment: Reported for duty on June 26, 1944, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Other Information: The following is from the 7th Armored Division archives.
He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery at Ittenbach, Germany on 30 March 1945. He was transferred to Margraten en first buried there at block TT, row 4, grave 94 on 20 August 1945. He was disinterred on 14 September 1948 and his remains were prepared and placed in a casket on Ocotber 5, 1948. He was given his final resting place on 9 February 1949.
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