Ralph L. Burrell
NAME: Ralph L. Burrell
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DATES OF SERVICE: 01 July 1943 to
UNIT ASSIGNED: 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment
CAMPAIGNS: Southern France, Ardennes - Alsace
AWARDS (WWII): Silver Star Medal
SUMMARY OF SERVICE:
01 July 1943 - Entered Service
March 1944 - Went overseas
18 January 1945 - Pfc. Ralph L. Burrell, General Order No. 7 HQ XVIII Corps, Award of Silver Star , Page 384 Stand in the Door, by Charles H. Doyle
He had a son later in life and was hiking the Appalachian Trail and backing packing with our scout troop when he was sixty. He is still in excellent health. Attached is a citation about Ralph from page 199 of "Bloody Battle at Sadzot" by William Breuer. Ralph received the Silver Star for retrieving two boxes of machine gun ammunition as a result of this incident. Ralph joined the 509th in Italy before Anzio and remained with the 509th until it was disbanded.
Picture of Company C.
Ralph thinks it was taken at St. Vith.
Picture taken in Southern France
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