Ralph G. Licence

Company C 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 07/10/1944

Ralph Goldsmith Licence was born in Toronto, Canada on August 23, 1912.

He and his family immigrated to the United States from Canada in 1916.

He was drafted into the Army on March 3, 1941 at Jamaica, New York. At the time of his induction
he was an American citizen. His home of residence was listed as Long Island, Nassau County,
New York and his civilian occupation was listed as Musicians And Teachers Of Music.
He had completed four years of High School and was single with no dependents.
His religion was listed as Catholic.

On June 25, 1942 Ralph Licence married Eleanor Seaman.

He was promoted to Private First Class in Company C on July 4, 1944.

Private First Class Licence was killed in action in France, in the area of La Maugerie, on July 10, 1944.

Newspaper article announcing the death of Ralph Licence
Note his brother Fred is indicated as missing in action over Italy.

From the Nassau Daily Review-Star Thursday, August 3, 1944
courtesy of Julien Woestyn

Ralph G. Licence was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery
Sainte Mere-Eglise #2 at Carentan, France in Block H Row 6 Grave 110 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 B Row 20 Grave 44

Grave marker for

Ralph. G. Licence

Photo by

John Tomawski

and

Andreia Lino

Fred Robinson Licence, the brother of Ralph G. Licence.

Photo by Anonymous from the Find A Grave website

Captain Fred R. Licence was killed in action over Lake Albano, Italy on February 10, 1944,
when the B-17 bomber (serial number 42-31422) he was piloting was struck by flak and exploded.

Fred R. Licence was buried in Nettuno Cemetery in Nettuno, Italy, and after the war was
reinterred in the Normandy American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer.

The two brothers lie in eternal rest beside each other at Colleville-sur-Mer .

Ralph is in Plot B Row 20 Grave 44.

Fred is in Plot B Row 20 Grave 45.

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