PVT
Ralph L Burkhead
Aged 18, fallen January 20, 1945
- Unit
- Company B, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 38700256
- Hometown
- Caddo, Oklahoma
- Date of death
- January 20, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Fairview Cemetery, Apache, Oklahoma
Private Ralph L Burkhead, serial number 38700256, of Caddo, Oklahoma, served with Company B of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 20, 1945, at the age of 18. He is buried at Fairview Cemetery, Apache, Oklahoma.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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