Raux, Raymond Paul (01305111) - Revision history

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	* 14 February 1943 — Married Doris Strobridge in Gettysburg, PA.		* 14 February 1943 — Married Doris Strobridge in Gettysburg, PA.
	* 14 February 1943 — Married Doris Katherine Strobridge, Gettysburg, PA (serving at Camp Ritchie).		* 14 February 1943 — Married Doris Katherine Strobridge, Gettysburg, PA (serving at Camp Ritchie).
			* Early July 1943 — Joined 505th PIR Headquarters Company, 82nd Airborne.
	* 10 July 1943 — Killed in action near Vittoria, Sicily, approaching a pillbox to demand surrender.		* 10 July 1943 — Killed in action near Vittoria, Sicily, approaching a pillbox to demand surrender.
	* Commissioned as 2nd Lt. (ASN: 01305111).		* Commissioned as 2nd Lt. (ASN: 01305111).
	* Regimental Combat Team) which was part of the 82nd Airborne Division.		* Regimental Combat Team) which was part of the 82nd Airborne Division.
	* Was assigned to Italian IPW Team No. 5, which included: Capt. Giannini; Lt. Raux; M/Sgt Posniak; S/Sgt Niglis; T/3 Litardi; T/5 Monici.		* Was assigned to Italian IPW Team No. 5, which included: Capt. Giannini; Lt. Raux; M/Sgt Posniak; S/Sgt Niglis; T/3 Litardi; T/5 Monici.
	* Early July 1943 — Joined 505th PIR Headquarters Company, 82nd Airborne.

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	\|birth_year=1910		\|birth_year=1910
	\|death_year=1943		\|death_year=1943

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Admin: RB Archive: Raux gallery (marriage, enlistment, 505 payroll) + bio polish

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	\|birth_place=Gainneville, France		\|birth_place=Gainneville, France
	\|rank_final=~~2nd Lt~~		\|rank_final=Second Lieutenant
	\|class_number=1		\|class_number=1
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	'''Raymond Paul Raux''' (7 July 1910–10 July 1943) was a French-born Camp Ritchie trainee and U.S. Army second lieutenant with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division; he was killed in action in Sicily while attempting to talk an enemy pillbox into surrender.		'''Raymond Paul Raux''' (7 July 1910–10 July 1943) was a French-born Camp Ritchie trainee ([[:Category:Class 1\|Class 1]]) and U.S. Army second lieutenant with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division; he was killed in action in Sicily while attempting to talk an enemy pillbox into surrender.
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Raymond Paul Raux was born on 7 July 1910 in Gainneville, France, and came to the United States with his mother and sister after his father’s death in France. He completed college work toward secondary-school teaching ~~(languages and science)~~ and in 1942 was living in Nassau County, Long Island.		Raymond Paul Raux was born on 7 July 1910 in Gainneville, France, and came to the United States with his mother and sister after his father’s death in France. He completed college work toward secondary-school teaching and in 1942 was living in Nassau County, Long Island.

	Drafted on 6 June 1942 at Fort Jay (enlisted ASN 32358404), he was later commissioned a second lieutenant (ASN 01305111). On 14 February 1943 he married Doris Katherine Strobridge in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, while serving at Camp Ritchie~~. Roster materials~~ also associate ~~him with~~ Italian IPW ~~training (including~~ Class 4 / ~~Italian IPW~~ Team 5) before overseas movement.		Drafted on 23 June 1942 at Fort Jay (enlisted ASN '''32358404'''), he was later commissioned a second lieutenant (ASN '''01305111'''). On 14 February 1943 he married Doris Katherine Strobridge in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, while serving at [[Camp Ritchie]] ([[:Category:Class 1\|Class 1]]; research notes also associate Italian IPW Class 4 / Team 5 before overseas movement).

	In early July 1943 Raux joined Headquarters Company, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, days before the Sicily invasion. On 10 July 1943, near a crossroads about three miles south of Vittoria, he approached a pillbox alone to demand surrender and was shot in the passageway. Major Robert M. Piper later described the incident for burial investigators. Raux was ultimately reburied at Neuilly, near Paris, at his mother’s request.		In early July 1943 Raux joined Headquarters Company, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, days before the Sicily invasion. On 10 July 1943, near a crossroads about three miles south of Vittoria, he approached a pillbox alone to demand surrender and was shot in the passageway. Major Robert M. Piper later described the incident for burial investigators. Raux was ultimately reburied at Neuilly, near Paris, at his mother’s request.
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	* Also Class 4 Sec 17		* Also Class 4 Sec 17
	* KIA Sicily 10 July 1943 (505 PIR / 82nd Airborne); burial file details in Gross notes / 505 RCT research.		* KIA Sicily 10 July 1943 (505 PIR / 82nd Airborne); burial file details in Gross notes / 505 RCT research.
			* Also held enlisted ASN '''32358404''' before officer ASN '''01305111'''.

	== Gallery ==		== Gallery ==
	~~''After you are autoconfirmed, [[Special:Upload\|upload a photo]] and add~~ <~~code~~><~~nowiki~~>~~[[File:Example~~.jpg\|~~thumb\|caption]]<~~/~~nowiki></code> here~~, ~~or set <code>~~\|~~photo=Example~~.jpg</~~code~~> ~~in the infobox.''~~		<div class="soldier-gallery">
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			Raymond_P_Raux_01305111_marriage_certificate_1943-02-14.jpg\|Marriage license/certificate, 14 February 1943, Gettysburg, PA — residence listed as Camp Ritchie, Md.
			Raymond_P_Raux_01305111_enlistment_record.jpg\|NARA WWII Army enlistment extract for Raymond P. Raux (Fort Jay, 23 June 1942).
			Raymond_P_Raux_01305111_505_PIR_officers_payroll_1943-07.jpg\|505th PIR officers payroll, July 1943 — Raux line struck (KIA 10 July 1943).
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	== Technical record ==		== Technical record ==
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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
			* [[:File:Raymond_P_Raux_01305111_505_PIR_officers_payroll_1943-07.jpg\|505 PIR July 1943 officers payroll]]
			* [[:File:Raymond_P_Raux_01305111_enlistment_record.jpg\|Enlistment record extract]]
			* [[:File:Raymond_P_Raux_01305111_marriage_certificate_1943-02-14.jpg\|Marriage certificate (Camp Ritchie residence)]]
	* Dan Gross research archive (miscellaneous timeline-adjacent documents; not uploaded): ''RAYMOND P. RAUX notes.doc''		* Dan Gross research archive (miscellaneous timeline-adjacent documents; not uploaded): ''RAYMOND P. RAUX notes.doc''
	* [http://www.505rct.org/album2/raux_r.asp 505 Regimental Combat Team — Raymond P. Raux memorial / research notes]		* [http://www.505rct.org/album2/raux_r.asp 505 Regimental Combat Team — Raymond P. Raux memorial / research notes]

Admin: Remediate place normalize (revert death_place: Near Vittoria, Sicily, Italy -> near Vittoria, Sicily, Italy)

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	\|birth_date=7 July 1910		\|birth_date=7 July 1910
	\|death_date=10 July 1943		\|death_date=10 July 1943
	\|death_place=~~Near~~ Vittoria, Sicily, Italy		\|death_place=near Vittoria, Sicily, Italy
	\|division=82nd Airborne Division		\|division=82nd Airborne Division
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Admin: Normalize place format (death_place: near Vittoria, Sicily, Italy -> Near Vittoria, Sicily, Italy)

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	\|birth_date=7 July 1910		\|birth_date=7 July 1910
	\|death_date=10 July 1943		\|death_date=10 July 1943
	\|death_place=~~near~~ Vittoria, Sicily, Italy		\|death_place=Near Vittoria, Sicily, Italy
	\|division=82nd Airborne Division		\|division=82nd Airborne Division
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	* Born 7 July 1910 in France.		* Born 7 July 1910 in France.
			* Born 7 July 1910 in Gainneville, France.
			* 6 June 1942 — Drafted at Fort Jay as Pvt (ASN 32358404).
	* 23 June 1942 — Drafted into Army at Fort Jay as Pvt (ASN: 32358404).		* 23 June 1942 — Drafted into Army at Fort Jay as Pvt (ASN: 32358404).
			* 6 January 1943 — Assigned to Class 4 (IPW It) but sent overseas prior to graduation.
	* 14 February 1943 — Married Doris Strobridge in Gettysburg, PA.		* 14 February 1943 — Married Doris Strobridge in Gettysburg, PA.
	* ~~6 January~~ 1943 — ~~Assigned to Class 4~~ (~~IPW It~~) ~~but sent overseas prior~~ to ~~graduation~~.		* 14 February 1943 — Married Doris Katherine Strobridge, Gettysburg, PA (serving at Camp Ritchie).
			* 10 July 1943 — Killed in action near Vittoria, Sicily, approaching a pillbox to demand surrender.
	* Commissioned as 2nd Lt. (ASN: 01305111).		* Commissioned as 2nd Lt. (ASN: 01305111).
	* Regimental Combat Team) which was part of the 82nd Airborne Division.		* Regimental Combat Team) which was part of the 82nd Airborne Division.
	* Was assigned to Italian IPW Team No. 5, which included: Capt. Giannini; Lt. Raux; M/Sgt Posniak; S/Sgt Niglis; T/3 Litardi; T/5 Monici.		* Was assigned to Italian IPW Team No. 5, which included: Capt. Giannini; Lt. Raux; M/Sgt Posniak; S/Sgt Niglis; T/3 Litardi; T/5 Monici.
	* Born 7 July 1910 in Gainneville, France.
	* 6 June 1942 — Drafted at Fort Jay as Pvt (ASN 32358404).
	* 14 February 1943 — Married Doris Katherine Strobridge, Gettysburg, PA (serving at Camp Ritchie).
	* Early July 1943 — Joined 505th PIR Headquarters Company, 82nd Airborne.		* Early July 1943 — Joined 505th PIR Headquarters Company, 82nd Airborne.
	* 10 July 1943 — Killed in action near Vittoria, Sicily, approaching a pillbox to demand surrender.
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Admin: Enrich Raux: Sicily KIA 10 July 1943, Camp Ritchie marriage, sync vitals

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Enrich Raux: Sicily KIA 10 July 1943, Camp Ritchie marriage, sync vitals

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	\|certificate=*		\|certificate=*
	\|birth_place=France		\|birth_place=Gainneville, France
	\|rank_final=~~Capt~~		\|rank_final=2nd Lt
	\|class_number=1		\|class_number=1
	\|class_display=1		\|class_display=1
			\|birth_date=7 July 1910
			\|death_date=10 July 1943
			\|death_place=near Vittoria, Sicily, Italy
			\|division=82nd Airborne Division
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	'''Raymond P. Raux''' (1910–1943) was a ~~United States~~ Army ~~soldier associated~~ with ~~Camp Ritchie~~, ~~Maryland~~.		'''Raymond Paul Raux''' (7 July 1910–10 July 1943) was a French-born Camp Ritchie trainee and U.S. Army second lieutenant with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division; he was killed in action in Sicily while attempting to talk an enemy pillbox into surrender.
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Raymond ~~attended~~ college (~~3 years~~) in ~~Lyons~~ (~~Majors: Languages; Science~~). On 14 February 1943, he married Doris Strobridge in Gettysburg, PA.		Raymond Paul Raux was born on 7 July 1910 in Gainneville, France, and came to the United States with his mother and sister after his father’s death in France. He completed college work toward secondary-school teaching (languages and science) and in 1942 was living in Nassau County, Long Island.

			Drafted on 6 June 1942 at Fort Jay (enlisted ASN 32358404), he was later commissioned a second lieutenant (ASN 01305111). On 14 February 1943 he married Doris Katherine Strobridge in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, while serving at Camp Ritchie. Roster materials also associate him with Italian IPW training (including Class 4 / Italian IPW Team 5) before overseas movement.

			In early July 1943 Raux joined Headquarters Company, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, days before the Sicily invasion. On 10 July 1943, near a crossroads about three miles south of Vittoria, he approached a pillbox alone to demand surrender and was shot in the passageway. Major Robert M. Piper later described the incident for burial investigators. Raux was ultimately reburied at Neuilly, near Paris, at his mother’s request.

	== Research notes ==		== Research notes ==
	* Also SC1 IPW It		* Also SC1 IPW It
	* Also Class 4 Sec 17		* Also Class 4 Sec 17
			* KIA Sicily 10 July 1943 (505 PIR / 82nd Airborne); burial file details in Gross notes / 505 RCT research.

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	* Regimental Combat Team) which was part of the 82nd Airborne Division.		* Regimental Combat Team) which was part of the 82nd Airborne Division.
	* Was assigned to Italian IPW Team No. 5, which included: Capt. Giannini; Lt. Raux; M/Sgt Posniak; S/Sgt Niglis; T/3 Litardi; T/5 Monici.		* Was assigned to Italian IPW Team No. 5, which included: Capt. Giannini; Lt. Raux; M/Sgt Posniak; S/Sgt Niglis; T/3 Litardi; T/5 Monici.
			* Born 7 July 1910 in Gainneville, France.
			* 6 June 1942 — Drafted at Fort Jay as Pvt (ASN 32358404).
			* 14 February 1943 — Married Doris Katherine Strobridge, Gettysburg, PA (serving at Camp Ritchie).
			* Early July 1943 — Joined 505th PIR Headquarters Company, 82nd Airborne.
			* 10 July 1943 — Killed in action near Vittoria, Sicily, approaching a pillbox to demand surrender.
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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
			* Dan Gross research archive (miscellaneous timeline-adjacent documents; not uploaded): ''RAYMOND P. RAUX notes.doc''
			* [http://www.505rct.org/album2/raux_r.asp 505 Regimental Combat Team — Raymond P. Raux memorial / research notes]
	* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data		* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
	* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records		* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records

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			* Born 7 July 1910 in France.
			* 23 June 1942 — Drafted into Army at Fort Jay as Pvt (ASN: 32358404).
	* 14 February 1943 — Married Doris Strobridge in Gettysburg, PA.		* 14 February 1943 — Married Doris Strobridge in Gettysburg, PA.
	* 6 January 1943 — Assigned to Class 4 (IPW It) but sent overseas prior to graduation.		* 6 January 1943 — Assigned to Class 4 (IPW It) but sent overseas prior to graduation.
			* Commissioned as 2nd Lt. (ASN: 01305111).
	* Regimental Combat Team) which was part of the 82nd Airborne Division.		* Regimental Combat Team) which was part of the 82nd Airborne Division.
	* Was assigned to Italian IPW Team No. 5, which included: Capt. Giannini; Lt. Raux; M/Sgt Posniak; S/Sgt Niglis; T/3 Litardi; T/5 Monici.		* Was assigned to Italian IPW Team No. 5, which included: Capt. Giannini; Lt. Raux; M/Sgt Posniak; S/Sgt Niglis; T/3 Litardi; T/5 Monici.

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	* 14 February 1943 — Married Doris Strobridge in Gettysburg, PA.		* 14 February 1943 — Married Doris Strobridge in Gettysburg, PA.
	* 6 January 1943 Assigned to Class 4 (IPW It) but sent overseas prior to graduation.		* 6 January 1943 — Assigned to Class 4 (IPW It) but sent overseas prior to graduation.
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	* Regimental Combat Team) which was part of the 82nd Airborne Division.		* Regimental Combat Team) which was part of the 82nd Airborne Division.
	* Was assigned to Italian IPW Team No. 5, which included: Capt. Giannini; Lt. Raux; M/Sgt Posniak; S/Sgt Niglis; T/3 Litardi; T/5 Monici.		* Was assigned to Italian IPW Team No. 5, which included: Capt. Giannini; Lt. Raux; M/Sgt Posniak; S/Sgt Niglis; T/3 Litardi; T/5 Monici.
	* Was assigned to the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (505th.
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