World War II Honoree

Ralph David Dannemiller I

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Honored By

Teresa Loney

Relationship

Granddaughter

DRAFTED INTO THE SERVICE IN 1941 PRIOR TO THE WAR. SPENT TIME TRAINING OFF THE SOUTHERN COAST OF ENGLAND. SENT TO D-DAY INVASION AT OMAHA BEACH AS A TANK COMMANDER. FOUGHT IN FRANCE, BELGIUM AND THEN GERMANY FOR REMAINDER OF WAR AS A TANK COMMANDER. HE WAS IN GERMANY WHEN THE WAR ENDED IN MAY AND WAS STATIONED THERE UNTIL OCTOBER, WHEN HE WAS RELEASED.