Ralph Wade

ASN: 35137014

Ralph William Wade registered for the draft on October 16, 1940. Born October 21, 1913, he was from Ross, Ohio, and employed as a teacher at Southwestern High School located in Ross. 

Enlisting in the army at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on March 28, 1942, he completed his training at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana and later at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

This twenty-six-year-old was 5’-5”, 160 pounds with a dark complexion, gray eyes, and gray hair. He did not list any obvious physical characteristics that would aid in his identification.

SGT Wade became a member of the 319th Field Artillery, A-Battery of the 82nd Airborne Division, and traveled with the battalion to North Africa arriving in Casablanca May 10, 1943. He fought in the major campaigns of Sicily, Naples-Foggia, and Normandy. It is here, off the Normandy coast, SGT Wade was killed in action on June 6th. His service was awarded with the Good Conduct Medal, Distinguished Merit Badge, European/African Middle Eastern Service Medal with six bronze service stars and one bronze service arrowhead and the Purple Heart

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