Ralph R. Greer

Company C 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 12/02/1944

Ralph Robert Greer was born in Greer, Greenville County, South Carolina on September 10, 1922.

Prior to entering military service he was employed by the Victor Monaghan Company
in Greer, South Carolina.

He was drafted into the Army on June 10, 1943 at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina. His home of residence
was listed as Greer, Greenville County, South Carolina. He had completed grammar school and was married.
His religion was listed as Protestant.

He was assigned to Company C from the 92nd Replacement Battalion on November 24, 1944.

Private Greer was killed in action in Germany during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest
on December 2, 1944.

Above: The entry for Ralph R. Greer in the casualty lists of the 22nd Infantry for the month of December 1944.
Note he is listed as Missing In Action (MIA). His status was later changed to Killed In Action.

Courtesy of John Tomawski

Newspaper article reporting the death of Ralph R. Greer
in the Greenville News, Greenville, South Carolina Sunday February 4, 1945.

Photo by 50thAIB from the Find A Grave website

Ralph R. Greer was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Henri-Chapelle Cemetery, Eupen, Belgium in Plot MM Row 7 Grave 132
and in 1949 his remains were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in South Carolina on July 14, 1949.

Burial:
Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery
Greer
Spartanburg County
South Carolina

Grave marker for Ralph R. Greer

Photo by Monica Woodward from the Find A Grave website

Top photo from the Greenville News, Greenville, South Carolina Sunday February 4, 1945 by 50thAIB from the Find A Grave website

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