Ralph Lorin Batrum

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US World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1943-1946
Name: Ralph L Batrum Birth Year: 1908 Race: White, citizen (White) Nativity State or Country: Kansas State of Residence: Texas County or City: Smith Enlistment Date: 19 Mar 1941 Enlistment State: Texas Enlistment City: Houston Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source: Civil Life Education: 4 years of high school Civil Occupation: Unskilled occupations in production of petroleum Marital Status: Widower or widow, with dependents Height: 64 Weight: 145

Source Information:
National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.

Melba shows him as a son of John Wilson Batrum and Anna May Brenner. He was married first to Helen Marie Knowles (1916-1938), and they were the parents of one daughter, Jacqueline Mozelle Batrum.

Ralph married Cleo Winford McLemore on 10 Dec 1944. Cleo (daughter of Thaddeus Asbury McLemore and Osha Laura King) was born on 2 Feb 1912 in Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma; died on 19 Sep 1977 in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California; was buried in Cox Cemetery, Millsap, Parker County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]