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|awards_extra=Listed in [[By The Numbers/Awards]] (from ''Ritchie Boy Secrets'' by Beverley Driver Eddy).
|awards_extra=Listed in [[By The Numbers/Awards]] (from ''Ritchie Boy Secrets'' by Beverley Driver Eddy).
|arm_or_service=Infantry
|arm_or_service=Infantry
|birth_place=Kassel, Germany
|rank_final=Colonel
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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The timeline research also records 12/1942 Graduated Officers Candidate School as 2nd Lt (ASN: 01014680).


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
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== Timeline ==
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* 11/28/1920 Born in Kassel, Germany. Religion: Lutheran.
* 5/17/1943 Started Class 8 (IPW Ge).
* 8/18/1943 Promoted to 1st Lt.
* 12/1942 Assigned to 46th AR (Company Officer and Platoon Leader).
* 12/1942 Graduated Officers Candidate School as 2nd Lt (ASN: 01014680).
* Assigned to IPW Team 13 attached to Ninth Infantry Division.
* Retired as Colonel.
* Third Silver Star in Vietnam.
* Two Silver Stars in ETO, World War II.
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
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* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of William Ewald for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Ewald, William for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: WILLIAM EWALD.doc)