RANGERS Rankin, Richard Ernest

Relentless
By Dean Stott
Not For The Glory
By Mick Fellows MBE DSC BEM

Craig Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Rankin
  • FORENAME
Richard Ernest
  • UNIT
2nd Ranger Battalion (Company A)
  • RANK
Corporal
  • NUMBER
33573253
  • AWARD
Bronze Star
  • PLACE
Europe
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
resided Altoona County, Pennsylvania
born 02.04.1924, Home, Pennsylvania, USA
father Harry Clair Rankin (1898-1981)
mother Roxie E. (nee Perry) Rankin (1903-1983)
3 years high school
civil occupation semiskilled occupations in production of rubber goods
single without dependents upon enlistment
30.06.1942 draft card Indiana, Pennsylvania
18.02.1943 entered service Altoona, Pennsylvania
12.1944 WIA
01.1945 WIA
11.03.1946 discharged
08.03.1950 resided Wayne, Pennsylvania
wife Lucy Lolli Rankin (1923-????)
2 sons Richard E. & John P.
3 daughters Elizabeth, Mary & Julia
1986 retired from RCA (35 years service)
1992 resided 2162 Tulip Drive, Lancaster, Pennsylvnia
died 11.09.1999, (Aged 75) Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Saint Josephs New Roman Catholic Cemetery, Bausman, Pennsylvania, USA
 
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