Raymond Peter Pach

Raymond Peter Pach
Personal details
Born	1914 New York City
Died	2008
Nativity	United States
Religion	Protestant
Awards	Good Conduct
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	32795544
Rank	Technician Third Grade
Rank at Ritchie	Private First Class
Camp Ritchie	Class 15 (4 January – 3 March 1944)
Section	7A
Enlisted	New York City, New York
Team	MII 432-G

Awards and honors

Good Conduct	American Campaign	European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign

World War II Victory

Teammates

Team — MII 432-G

These are other soldiers listed on the same team roster. People moved between teams; overlapping service dates are not always documented.

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Raymond Peter Pach (1914–2008) was a Ritchie Boy (from United States; Protestant) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 15.

Biography

Raymond Peter Pach was born in 1914 in New York City. He attended Château Burés in Paris and Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and pursued further music study in Paris, San Francisco, and New York before entering the Army in 1943.

Pach trained at Camp Ritchie (Class 15) and served in France, Belgium, and Germany with Army engineer/intelligence units (including association with the 101st Combat Engineers and MII Team 432). He received the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon with five battle stars, the American Campaign Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal. Discharged at Étampes, France, in October 1945 after occupation duty in Germany, he later served in the Marine Corps Reserve and retired as a major.

Pach died in 2008.

Research notes

• “German Occupational Medal” from the local service book is not mapped to a canonical ribbon filename and is omitted from the awards tuple (mentioned only if needed in research notes). Full death day not confirmed from reachable obituary text; year 2008 retained from live vitals.

Gallery

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  Local WWII service entry for Raymond Peter Pach (RB Archive)

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	94
Nara ASN	32795544
Nara Name	PACH RAYMOND P
Nara State	23
Nara County	61
Nara POE	2364
Nara DOE	80243
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Grade Code	8
Nara Branch Alpha	BI
Nara Branch Code	0
Branch	Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Nara Term or Enlistment	5
Term of enlistment	Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Defer. Date	0
Nara Source	0
Nara Nativity	23
Nativity.1	NEW YORK
Nara Year of Birth	14
Nara Race	1
Nara Race Description	White citizen
Nara Education	8
Nara Civilian Occupation	175
Nara Marital Status	8
Nara Height (inches)	71
Nara Weight (lbs)	172
Class_ASN	32795544
Class_Name	PACH, Raymond P.
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• 1914 — Born in New York City.
• 1943 — Entered the Army.
• World War II — Trained at Camp Ritchie (Class 15); served in France, Belgium, and Germany (MII 432).
• October 1945 — Discharged at Étampes, France, as a technician third grade after occupation duty in Germany.
• Postwar — Marine Corps Reserve service; retired as a major.
• 2008 — Died.

Sources

• Local WWII service entry for Raymond Peter Pach (RB Archive)
• Daily Press / Legacy — Raymond Pach obituary listing
• RB Archive Nobles County / local WWII service entry for Raymond Peter Pach (Camp Ritchie; ribbons; T/3; October 1945 discharge)
• 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
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2023-01-01 (1 post)