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S/Sgt  Ray E Larimore

134th Infantry Regiment - Company C and Service Company

Ray E Larimore, son of LeRoy R and Ethel Pearl (Wierman) Larimore, was born in Beatrice, Nebraska on May 16, 1919. He married Alvina Elizabeth Schneider on November 3, 1939. The couple had a son, Dennis Ray, born January 27, 1943. He was a member of the Nebraska National Guard, First Platoon, Company C, 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division mobilized to Federal Service December 23, 1940. He landed at Omaha Beach, Normandy France July 5, 1944, was wounded in action July 15 during the battle for St Lo, France and returned to duty August 31, 1944. He was wounded again on September 12 and returned to duty September 18, 1944. On October 19 he was attached to Service Company. S/Sgt Larimore and three other soldiers were salvaging equipment in the vicinity of Bellange, France on November 16, 1944. While attempting to retrieve this equipment, one of them set off a German landmine, killing S/Sgt Ray E. Larimore and 2 other soldiers and wounding another. He is buried at Odell Cemetery, Odell, Nebraska.