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Personal info

Full name
COUDIRA, Richard J "Rouge"
Date of birth
5 October 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Creole, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Creole, Cameron Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38263933
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
405th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 February 1945
Place of death
Near Linnich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 14 9

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Coudira (father)
Donatile (Richard) Coudira (mother)
Ellen Coudira (sister)
Luke Coudira (brother)
Edwina (Broussard) Coudira (wife)

More information

Pfc Richard J. Coudira drowned during the crossing of the Rur River.

He is remembered at Richard Cemetery in Creole, Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

Note: His name is often written as Coudira, Coudria or Courdia (see for example the picture of the headstone).

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com - Ozark Researcher, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, Warren Landry, www.newspapers.com - Weekly Town Talk

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Blessed