Ralph was the son of Henry L. and Annie (Clauss) Ebert and probably born in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Although I have been unable to locate a World War I draft card for him, he served with the Pennsylvania 104th Infantry, 26th Division in France according to the cemetery records of Fairview Cemetery at the Lehigh County Archive. According to that record he died on 17 October 1918 and the likelihood is he was killed on the Western Front, probably in the final major campaign the American Expeditionary Force participated in which was at Verdun, France.
According to the burial records of his home church, St. Joseph's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Allentown, he was buried on 9 Dec 1921. Several sources I have consulted indicate the return of bodies from France took a very long time, in this case it would have been over three years. Ralph's father died at home in Allentown in 1919; I am unaware if the father knew of his son's death in France several months prior.
I could not find a tombstone for Ralph Ebert at Fairview Cemetery although it appears he should have one. I searched Section P in Nov 2012 because that is the section his parents are buried in; perhaps he is buried in a different section.
Ralph would have been 21 years old at the time of his death.
31 March 2013: Draft
Vicki Edwards
Los Angeles
Although I have been unable to locate a World War I draft card for him, he served with the Pennsylvania 104th Infantry, 26th Division in France according to the cemetery records of Fairview Cemetery at the Lehigh County Archive. According to that record he died on 17 October 1918 and the likelihood is he was killed on the Western Front, probably in the final major campaign the American Expeditionary Force participated in which was at Verdun, France.
According to the burial records of his home church, St. Joseph's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Allentown, he was buried on 9 Dec 1921. Several sources I have consulted indicate the return of bodies from France took a very long time, in this case it would have been over three years. Ralph's father died at home in Allentown in 1919; I am unaware if the father knew of his son's death in France several months prior.
I could not find a tombstone for Ralph Ebert at Fairview Cemetery although it appears he should have one. I searched Section P in Nov 2012 because that is the section his parents are buried in; perhaps he is buried in a different section.
Ralph would have been 21 years old at the time of his death.
31 March 2013: Draft
Vicki Edwards
Los Angeles
Ralph was the son of Henry L. and Annie (Clauss) Ebert and probably born in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Although I have been unable to locate a World War I draft card for him, he served with the Pennsylvania 104th Infantry, 26th Division in France according to the cemetery records of Fairview Cemetery at the Lehigh County Archive. According to that record he died on 17 October 1918 and the likelihood is he was killed on the Western Front, probably in the final major campaign the American Expeditionary Force participated in which was at Verdun, France.
According to the burial records of his home church, St. Joseph's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Allentown, he was buried on 9 Dec 1921. Several sources I have consulted indicate the return of bodies from France took a very long time, in this case it would have been over three years. Ralph's father died at home in Allentown in 1919; I am unaware if the father knew of his son's death in France several months prior.
I could not find a tombstone for Ralph Ebert at Fairview Cemetery although it appears he should have one. I searched Section P in Nov 2012 because that is the section his parents are buried in; perhaps he is buried in a different section.
Ralph would have been 21 years old at the time of his death.
31 March 2013: Draft
Vicki Edwards
Los Angeles
Although I have been unable to locate a World War I draft card for him, he served with the Pennsylvania 104th Infantry, 26th Division in France according to the cemetery records of Fairview Cemetery at the Lehigh County Archive. According to that record he died on 17 October 1918 and the likelihood is he was killed on the Western Front, probably in the final major campaign the American Expeditionary Force participated in which was at Verdun, France.
According to the burial records of his home church, St. Joseph's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Allentown, he was buried on 9 Dec 1921. Several sources I have consulted indicate the return of bodies from France took a very long time, in this case it would have been over three years. Ralph's father died at home in Allentown in 1919; I am unaware if the father knew of his son's death in France several months prior.
I could not find a tombstone for Ralph Ebert at Fairview Cemetery although it appears he should have one. I searched Section P in Nov 2012 because that is the section his parents are buried in; perhaps he is buried in a different section.
Ralph would have been 21 years old at the time of his death.
31 March 2013: Draft
Vicki Edwards
Los Angeles
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