MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Lawson, Ralph B.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Lawson​

• FORENAME

Ralph B.​

• UNIT

3 Bn (Khaki Combat Team)​

• RANK

Private​

• NUMBER

06286068​

• AWARD

Bronze Star​

• PLACE

Burma 1944​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Wagoner County,Oklahoma​

born 10.6.1921 Middletown,Ohio​

son of Elbert Preston and Louise Ann (nee Wells) Lawson​

attended schools in Coweta and Bixby​

1 year high school​

enlisted 6.7.1938 Tulsa,Oklahoma​

18 Field Artillery (2 Bn)​

74 Field Artillery (Battery C) 1940 (Sgt)​

discharged 9.7.1941​

re-enlisted 14.8.1941 Oklahoma City,Oklahoma​

183 Field Artillery​

98 Field Artillery Bn (Pack) 1943​

Merrills Marauders 1.10.1943​

1850 Service Command Unit,Camp Chaffee,Arkansas 1945​

discharged June 1945​

award Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster​

headstone reads Corporal USAAF​

warehouseman,S&H Kress,Tulsa (19 years)​

McDonnell Douglas Aircraft​

Ramsey Winch (shipping and receiving department)​

Catoosa Public School (transportation and food service program) (retired 1983)​

married Ida Bell Estep 3.6.1945 (2 sons Gary and Jerry)​

last residence Catoosa,Oklahoma (last 44 years)​

died 13.11.2012 Springfield,Missouri​

Fort Gibson National Cemetery,Fort Gibson,Muskogee County,Oklahoma Section 24 Site 575​

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