US PARAS Bellesfield, Ralph Paul

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Bellesfield ​

• FORENAME

Ralph Paul​

• UNIT

508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company A) ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

33491174 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

17th September 1944 ​

• AGE

20 ​

• GRAVESITE

St Marks Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania​

born 04.03.1924 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA​

father Paul Cornelius Bellesfield (1897-1970)​

mother Helen M. (nee Diener) Bellesfield (1898-1967)​

2 years high school​

civil occupation unskilled machine shop and related occupations​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

30.06.1942 draft card Allentown, Pennsylvania​

entered service 12.02.1943 Allentown, Pennsylvania​

KIA when C-47A 42-100863 shot down Groot Linden, Holland ​

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