Ralph E. Trimbur is found in Bellevue, Campbell County, Kentucky in the 1920 U.S. Census (3/12 Kentucky), 1930 U.S. Census (10 Kentucky) and 1940 U.S. Census (20 Kentucky, Apprentice Plumber).
Ralph E. Trimbur (1919 Kentucky), as resident of Campbell County, Kentucky, enlisted as a Private (S/N 35123557) in the U.S. Army on 15 April 1941 in Ft Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. He was single, had completed 3 years of high school and had been working in the “plumbers, gas fitters, and steam fitters” occupation. He was 67 inches tall (5’5¾”) and 129 pounds.
Private, Ralph E. Trimbur was assigned to the 149th Infantry Regiment, 38th Infantry Division. United States Army.
Leyte –“Because of its relative size and geographical location, Leyte was a key to further operations in the Philippines. General MacArthur advanced his timetable for the invasion of Leyte from December up to October, but it took longer to retake than he had hoped. The 38th Infantry Division, as with some other United States forces, was not scheduled to participate in the battle for Leyte. But the fight was still going on when the 38th landed on the East Coast on 6 December 1944. One hundred twenty-two men of the 149th Infantry Regiment were lost when a Japanese Kamikaze suicide plane attacked the Marcus Daly out in the Leyte Gulf just prior to landing.
Division troops landed under fire. Japanese paratroopers had unexpectedly taken a nearby inland airstrip, and enemy support aircraft were flying low and strafing the Division beach landing areas with machine gun fire. It was rainy, soldiers were over knee deep in mud, vehicles bogged down, bivouac areas were under water, and foxholes were like swimming holes. The airstrip was retaken, and fighting continued for four days. The 149th Infantry Regiment accomplished most of the action.
Private, Ralph E. Trimbur was killed by a Japanese sniper on 07 December 1944, in the battle for Buri Airstrip, Leyte, Philippines. By the end of 7 December the 149th Infantry, had established a toehold on the southwestern fringe of the Buri strip. The 149th Infantry Regiment destroyed organized resistance, 11 December, and defended the strips until relieved, 4 January 1945.
War-Hero Flags To Fly In Memorial Day Rites
Two flag presented by the War Department to Mr. A. E. Trimbur, 21S Fairfield Ave., Bellevue, the result of her son, Ralph Trimbur, being killed in World War II will be flown from two point in Bellevue and Dayton during the twin-city Memorial Day parade, Frank J. Ketterer, publicity director, announced yesterday. The Trimbur youth was killed by a Japanese sniper on Leyte in the Philippines. The on flag will be flown from the Bellevue City Building and the other from the Dayton World War I monument, where the parade will terminate. Boy Scout Troop No. 89, Dayton and Troop 67, Bellevue, will raise the respective flags at sunrise. Bugler George Gibbon of the Kersten O'Day Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will take part in getting it under way at 8 a. m. Source: The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio), Friday, 26 May 1950, page 2.
Ralph E. Trimbur (1919 Kentucky), as resident of Campbell County, Kentucky, enlisted as a Private (S/N 35123557) in the U.S. Army on 15 April 1941 in Ft Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. He was single, had completed 3 years of high school and had been working in the “plumbers, gas fitters, and steam fitters” occupation. He was 67 inches tall (5’5¾”) and 129 pounds.
Private, Ralph E. Trimbur was assigned to the 149th Infantry Regiment, 38th Infantry Division. United States Army.
Leyte –“Because of its relative size and geographical location, Leyte was a key to further operations in the Philippines. General MacArthur advanced his timetable for the invasion of Leyte from December up to October, but it took longer to retake than he had hoped. The 38th Infantry Division, as with some other United States forces, was not scheduled to participate in the battle for Leyte. But the fight was still going on when the 38th landed on the East Coast on 6 December 1944. One hundred twenty-two men of the 149th Infantry Regiment were lost when a Japanese Kamikaze suicide plane attacked the Marcus Daly out in the Leyte Gulf just prior to landing.
Division troops landed under fire. Japanese paratroopers had unexpectedly taken a nearby inland airstrip, and enemy support aircraft were flying low and strafing the Division beach landing areas with machine gun fire. It was rainy, soldiers were over knee deep in mud, vehicles bogged down, bivouac areas were under water, and foxholes were like swimming holes. The airstrip was retaken, and fighting continued for four days. The 149th Infantry Regiment accomplished most of the action.
Private, Ralph E. Trimbur was killed by a Japanese sniper on 07 December 1944, in the battle for Buri Airstrip, Leyte, Philippines. By the end of 7 December the 149th Infantry, had established a toehold on the southwestern fringe of the Buri strip. The 149th Infantry Regiment destroyed organized resistance, 11 December, and defended the strips until relieved, 4 January 1945.
War-Hero Flags To Fly In Memorial Day Rites
Two flag presented by the War Department to Mr. A. E. Trimbur, 21S Fairfield Ave., Bellevue, the result of her son, Ralph Trimbur, being killed in World War II will be flown from two point in Bellevue and Dayton during the twin-city Memorial Day parade, Frank J. Ketterer, publicity director, announced yesterday. The Trimbur youth was killed by a Japanese sniper on Leyte in the Philippines. The on flag will be flown from the Bellevue City Building and the other from the Dayton World War I monument, where the parade will terminate. Boy Scout Troop No. 89, Dayton and Troop 67, Bellevue, will raise the respective flags at sunrise. Bugler George Gibbon of the Kersten O'Day Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will take part in getting it under way at 8 a. m. Source: The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio), Friday, 26 May 1950, page 2.
Ralph E. Trimbur is found in Bellevue, Campbell County, Kentucky in the 1920 U.S. Census (3/12 Kentucky), 1930 U.S. Census (10 Kentucky) and 1940 U.S. Census (20 Kentucky, Apprentice Plumber).
Ralph E. Trimbur (1919 Kentucky), as resident of Campbell County, Kentucky, enlisted as a Private (S/N 35123557) in the U.S. Army on 15 April 1941 in Ft Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. He was single, had completed 3 years of high school and had been working in the “plumbers, gas fitters, and steam fitters” occupation. He was 67 inches tall (5’5¾”) and 129 pounds.
Private, Ralph E. Trimbur was assigned to the 149th Infantry Regiment, 38th Infantry Division. United States Army.
Leyte –“Because of its relative size and geographical location, Leyte was a key to further operations in the Philippines. General MacArthur advanced his timetable for the invasion of Leyte from December up to October, but it took longer to retake than he had hoped. The 38th Infantry Division, as with some other United States forces, was not scheduled to participate in the battle for Leyte. But the fight was still going on when the 38th landed on the East Coast on 6 December 1944. One hundred twenty-two men of the 149th Infantry Regiment were lost when a Japanese Kamikaze suicide plane attacked the Marcus Daly out in the Leyte Gulf just prior to landing.
Division troops landed under fire. Japanese paratroopers had unexpectedly taken a nearby inland airstrip, and enemy support aircraft were flying low and strafing the Division beach landing areas with machine gun fire. It was rainy, soldiers were over knee deep in mud, vehicles bogged down, bivouac areas were under water, and foxholes were like swimming holes. The airstrip was retaken, and fighting continued for four days. The 149th Infantry Regiment accomplished most of the action.
Private, Ralph E. Trimbur was killed by a Japanese sniper on 07 December 1944, in the battle for Buri Airstrip, Leyte, Philippines. By the end of 7 December the 149th Infantry, had established a toehold on the southwestern fringe of the Buri strip. The 149th Infantry Regiment destroyed organized resistance, 11 December, and defended the strips until relieved, 4 January 1945.
War-Hero Flags To Fly In Memorial Day Rites
Two flag presented by the War Department to Mr. A. E. Trimbur, 21S Fairfield Ave., Bellevue, the result of her son, Ralph Trimbur, being killed in World War II will be flown from two point in Bellevue and Dayton during the twin-city Memorial Day parade, Frank J. Ketterer, publicity director, announced yesterday. The Trimbur youth was killed by a Japanese sniper on Leyte in the Philippines. The on flag will be flown from the Bellevue City Building and the other from the Dayton World War I monument, where the parade will terminate. Boy Scout Troop No. 89, Dayton and Troop 67, Bellevue, will raise the respective flags at sunrise. Bugler George Gibbon of the Kersten O'Day Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will take part in getting it under way at 8 a. m. Source: The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio), Friday, 26 May 1950, page 2.
Ralph E. Trimbur (1919 Kentucky), as resident of Campbell County, Kentucky, enlisted as a Private (S/N 35123557) in the U.S. Army on 15 April 1941 in Ft Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. He was single, had completed 3 years of high school and had been working in the “plumbers, gas fitters, and steam fitters” occupation. He was 67 inches tall (5’5¾”) and 129 pounds.
Private, Ralph E. Trimbur was assigned to the 149th Infantry Regiment, 38th Infantry Division. United States Army.
Leyte –“Because of its relative size and geographical location, Leyte was a key to further operations in the Philippines. General MacArthur advanced his timetable for the invasion of Leyte from December up to October, but it took longer to retake than he had hoped. The 38th Infantry Division, as with some other United States forces, was not scheduled to participate in the battle for Leyte. But the fight was still going on when the 38th landed on the East Coast on 6 December 1944. One hundred twenty-two men of the 149th Infantry Regiment were lost when a Japanese Kamikaze suicide plane attacked the Marcus Daly out in the Leyte Gulf just prior to landing.
Division troops landed under fire. Japanese paratroopers had unexpectedly taken a nearby inland airstrip, and enemy support aircraft were flying low and strafing the Division beach landing areas with machine gun fire. It was rainy, soldiers were over knee deep in mud, vehicles bogged down, bivouac areas were under water, and foxholes were like swimming holes. The airstrip was retaken, and fighting continued for four days. The 149th Infantry Regiment accomplished most of the action.
Private, Ralph E. Trimbur was killed by a Japanese sniper on 07 December 1944, in the battle for Buri Airstrip, Leyte, Philippines. By the end of 7 December the 149th Infantry, had established a toehold on the southwestern fringe of the Buri strip. The 149th Infantry Regiment destroyed organized resistance, 11 December, and defended the strips until relieved, 4 January 1945.
War-Hero Flags To Fly In Memorial Day Rites
Two flag presented by the War Department to Mr. A. E. Trimbur, 21S Fairfield Ave., Bellevue, the result of her son, Ralph Trimbur, being killed in World War II will be flown from two point in Bellevue and Dayton during the twin-city Memorial Day parade, Frank J. Ketterer, publicity director, announced yesterday. The Trimbur youth was killed by a Japanese sniper on Leyte in the Philippines. The on flag will be flown from the Bellevue City Building and the other from the Dayton World War I monument, where the parade will terminate. Boy Scout Troop No. 89, Dayton and Troop 67, Bellevue, will raise the respective flags at sunrise. Bugler George Gibbon of the Kersten O'Day Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will take part in getting it under way at 8 a. m. Source: The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio), Friday, 26 May 1950, page 2.
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