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Personal info

Full name
DENT, Richard Clayton "Jack"
Date of birth
3 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
St. Matthews, Calhoun County, South Carolina
Hometown
St. Matthews, Calhoun County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
O-537909
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
407th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 December 1944
Place of death
Near Linnich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 17 4

Immediate family

Members
Hampton N. Dent (father)
Salie E. (Prickett) Dent (mother)
Hampton N. Dent (brother)
William P. Dent (brother)
Charles R. Dent (brother)
Harry S. Dent (brother)
Margaret (Mosely) Dent (wife)

More information

Lt Dent graduated from Presbyterian College in Clinton.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Clinton, South Carolina on 25 May 1942 and received his commission at Fort Benning, Georgia in December 1943. After training at Camp Swift, Texas and Fort Dix, New Jersey, he was sent overseas in September 1944.

Lt Dent was initially buried in a temporary grave at Margraten on 5 December 1944 was given his final resting place on 4 December 1948.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful Dutchman, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Knott Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Herman Ruple Durr, www.newspapers.com - The Index-Journal, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, J. Langendijk, www.ancestry.com - Chapinmonty