CPL Ralph E. White
1896 – 1972
USAR
WWI
Ralph Earl White was born May 26, 1896 in Elgin to James H. and Emma Crawford White.
White entered military service for World War I on January 19, 1917, and served in the U.S. Army until April 3, 1919, when he was honorably discharged as a Corporal.
He worked briefly for the Chicago and Northwest Railroad as a switchman. His primary vocation was selling insurance and advertising.
On February 21, 1944, he married Clara A. Schmidt, a nurse from Palatine, in Niles, Michigan.
CPL Ralph E. White died December 17, 1972, and is buried with his wife in Barrington’s Evergreen Cemetery.
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Courtesy of Signal Hill Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.