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Cpl Frank G Ruch

127th Field Artillery Battalion - Battery B

Frank Gust Ruch, son of Gustave Frank and Maudie Opal (Honea) Ruch, was born July 8, 1917 near Barada, Nebraska. He married Lucille Hall and the couple had 2 sons, Richard Lee and Billy Joe, and a daughter Frankie Rosetta. He was a member of the National Guard ordered into Federal Service December 23, 1940 at Hiawatha, Kansas. He served as a Lineman in Battery B, 127 Field Artillery Battalion and landed at Omaha Beach in Normandy France on July 7, 1944. Battery B fired its 1st round against the enemy July 10, 1944. Cpl Frank G Ruch was killed in action by enemy artillery shell fragments July 12, 1944 while policing communication wire. At the time Battery B was just northwest of Saint-Clair-sur-Elle, supporting the 35th Infantry Division in its advance against St Lo, France. Originally buried at the temporary military cemetery at La Cambe, France, he was laid to final rest at Steele Cemetery, Falls City, Nebraska.

The Falls City Journal, Falls City NE - March 28, 1949