Ray H. Larson

Company C 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/15/1944

Ray Holger Larson was born in Luck, Polk County, Wisconsin on August 23, 1918.

He was drafted into the Army on December 8, 1942 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His home of residence was listed as
Luck, Wisconsin and his civilian occupation was listed as Semiskilled Occupations In Processing
Of Dairy Products. He had completed two years of High School and was single with no dependents.
His religion was listed as Protestant.

He is in the Morning Reports for Company C as being assigned to Company C 22nd Infantry from the 4th Infantry Division
replacement pool on June 17, 1944, however, this is most likely in error. He was more likely assigned to the Company
with the batch of replacements that were assigned to the Company on June 13, 1944.

Private First Class Larson was killed in action in France during 1st Battalion's attack against the Quineville ridge
on June 15, 1944.

Ray H. Larson was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery
Sainte Mere-Eglise #2 at Carentan, France in Block D Row 8 Grave 158 and was moved to the permanent
cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, in the 1947-1949 time frame, when the temporary cemeteries were shut down.

Burial:
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Colleville-sur-Mer
Departement du Calvados
Basse-Normandie, France
Plot: Plot F Row 27 Grave 21

Grave marker for Ray H. Larson

Photo by Frogman
from the
Find A Grave website

Top photo of Ray Larson from the Luck High School yearbook 1934
courtesy of Theophile Odaert

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