September 16, 1918 – May 13, 1990
Ralph Ausherman
Personal Information
Birthplace: Dickinson County, Kansas
Service Information
Branch of Service: Army
Theater of Operation: Other
Enlisted / Commissioned: May 17, 1944
Honored By: The Eisenhower Foundation
Biography
Cleason “Ralph” Ausherman was born in Dickinson County, KS. He was working in Garden City, KS when he registered for the draft on 10/16/1940. Ralph served in the Navy during World War II. Ralph returned to Kansas and married Irene Kallestad and worked as a salesman at the Ausherman Manufacturing company in Wichita, KS. One item the company made was high speed streamed line sickle guards. Courtesy of Newspapers.com and The Dickinson County Heritage Center.
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