Raleigh Lee Voight Sr., 74, of the 2900 block of Kilbride
Drive, a retired warehouseman, died Aug. 4, 1992, in a Norfolk hospital.
Mr. Voight was born in Whaleyville, Va. He was an Army veteran of World
War II.
Survivors include two daughters, Dorothy Colley of Hampton and Diane
Pierce of Aydlett, N.C.; four sons, Raleigh Voight Jr. of Fayetteville,
N.C., John A. Voight of Alexandria, Robert A. Voight of Lake Charles,
La., and Michael R. Voight of Chesapeake; a sister, Evelyn Hollowell of
Portsmouth; and nine grandchildren.
The graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Hampton National
Cemetery. Friends may join the family from 7 to 8 p.m. today in Francis
A. Gay Funeral Home, South Norfolk Chapel.
(The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, VA, 6 Aug 1992,
Page D2 - courtesy of Tedd Cocker)
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Grave marker for SSgt Raleigh L. Voight in Plot: E, 4A of the Hampton
National Cemetery, Hampton City
Virginia SSgt Voight was a member of Hq Company,
3rtd Battalion. While a Pfc, he earned a Good Conduct Medal at
Camp Mackall and the Combat Infantryman Badge in Normandy as well as a
Bronze Star Medal. The date of his Purple Heart award is unknown
but may have been in Normandy as well. |
