RANGERS Ray, Garfield Lee

Craig Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Ray
  • FORENAME
Garfield Lee
  • UNIT
2nd Ranger Battalion (Company A)
  • RANK
Sergeant
  • NUMBER
34008623
  • AWARD
Silver Star
  • PLACE
Europe
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
resided Mitchell County, North Carolina
born 26.05.1918, Relief, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
father James Blaine Ray (1891-1962)
mother Hester (nee Hughes) Ray (1898-1967)
grammar school education
24.12.1937 married Orpha (nee Barnett) (1923-1993)
son Jimmy Ray (1940-????)
civil occupation semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck and tractor
married upon enlistment
16.10.1940 draft card Relief, North Carolina
18.01.1941 entered service Fort Bragg, North Carolina
daughter Wanda Lee (nee Ray) Fender (1942-2000)
06.1944 WIA
11.1944 WIA
27.06.1945 discharged
08.04.1946 married Mary (nee Whitson) (1921-2005)
died 15.01.2005
Roselawn Memorial Park, Carter County, Tennessee
 
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Darby's Rangers: We Led the Way
By William O. Darby, William H. Baumer
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