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Personal info

Full name
DIAMON, Richard Charles
Date of birth
25 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Herminie, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Herminie, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O-440309
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 1 20

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Diamon (father)
Rose M. Diamon (mother)
Ernest A. Diamon (brother)
William J. Diamon (brother)
Gladys M. (Borasi) Diamon (wife)

More information

1st Lt Richard C. Diamon graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1943 and was an intern at the Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia.

He enlisted on 14 January 1944 and was assigned to Northington General Hospital in Tuscaloosa.

He was taken prisoner on 16 December 1944 in the vicinity of Sankt-Vith, Belgium.

He was being transferred from Stalag Xii-A to Stalag IX-B when the railroad box cars, in which the prisoners were held was strafed by Allied airplanes.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, John McParland, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - The Daily Courier 1 February 1945-2 June 1945, Jewish Serviceman Card, 1920 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, http://106thinfdivassn.org, Journal of the American Medical Association, August 25, 1945. Volume 128, Number 17, Page 1247., WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels