Ralph Kenyon Hammerstrom was born Sept. 25, 1924 to Ralph and Abbie Larson Hammerstrom. He died Mar. 24, 1945 and is buried in Kiron Cemetery, Kiron, IA.
Pvt. Hammerstrom served in World War II with the U.S. Army Battery C, 466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, 17th Airborne Division and died of wounds received in action in Germany
Source: ancestry.com
