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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Ralph Jerome Gilliland

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

English, Indiana

Honored By

Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

Enlisted on 29 October 1940. April, 1943 trained at Medical Field Service School Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. October, 1943 assigned to Fourth Medical Battalion, Company A, Fourth Marine Division Camp Pendleton, California. 1944, deployed to the Pacific Theater of Operations. Drown 4 February 1944 during the invasion of the Marshall Islands. Rate of Pharmacist's Mate First Class Petty Officer.