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First name Middle name Last name Suffix — Jr. Sr. II III IV V Branch of service — Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps Coast Guard Army National Guard Army Air Corps Merchant Marine Highest rank — Private Private First Class Specialist Corporal Lance Corporal Sergeant Staff Sergeant Gunnery Sergeant Sergeant First Class Master Sergeant First Sergeant Master Gunnery Sergeant Sergeant Major Command Sergeant Major Seaman Petty Officer Third Class Petty Officer Second Class Petty Officer First Class Chief Petty Officer Senior Chief Petty Officer Master Chief Petty Officer Airman Airman First Class Senior Airman Technical Sergeant Senior Master Sergeant Chief Master Sergeant Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Second Lieutenant First Lieutenant Captain Major Lieutenant Colonel Colonel Ensign Lieutenant Junior Grade Lieutenant Lieutenant Commander Commander Brigadier General Major General Lieutenant General General Rear Admiral Vice Admiral Admiral Other Unit(s) Conflict / war — World War II World War I Korean War Vietnam War Persian Gulf War/Global War on Terrorism Cold War Afghanistan Iraq Spanish American War Civil War Mexican War Indian Wars War of 1812 Revolutionary War Peacetime Other Hometown Has a monument paver? — Yes No Paver section — Section A Section B Section C Section D Section E Section F Section G Section H Awards & decorations Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster; Purple Heart with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 1 Campaign Star; World War II Victory Medal; Philippine Liberation Medal; Combat Infantryman Badge Overseas service Burial location Biography / notes Overseas service: New Guinea; Southern Philippines; Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operation. Church: UNKNOWN. School: UNKNOWN. Serial #35297946; born in Lima, Allen County, Ohio; enlisted 01/03/1944, Columbus, Ohio; assigned to Company H as an Infantry Scout; buried Plot O, Row O, Grave 480; War Dept. file lists hometown as Union Co., Honoree file lists as North Lewisburg; veteran was wounded in action on the Island of Panay, Philippines, was medically evacuated, then later died at Tripler General Hospital, Oahu, Hawaii; son, Sergeant First Class Ralph L. Coleman, Jr., served in the United States Army from 1975-1993; grandson,Major Tad Jeffrey Coleman, is currently serving in the United States Army in the Armored Cavalry Unit, stationed at Fort Riley, KS. Has served 2 tours in Afghanistan & 2 tours in Iraq for a total of 40 Source of this information No DD-214 recorded as of 10/12/2007; Ralph Lowell Coleman, Jr.; Mark Hoffhines; G.W. Claar; National Archives; American Battle Monuments Commission; National Archives & Records Administration War Department Files; Overseas American Cemeteries; | World War II Memorial Honoree (wwiimemorial.com); National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, MO; Urbana Daily Citizen, 04/24/1945 and 05/25/1945 (obituary); Military History Institute, Virginia (letter); History of the 40th Infantry Division (1946)