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Personal info

Full name
SCHWENSEN, Richard Lee
Date of birth
11 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Hometown
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
O-548906
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
Bridge at Remagen
Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 6 16

Immediate family

Members
Justus M. Schwensen (father)
Elizabeth L. (Wilbur) Schwensen (mother)
Justus M. Schwensen Jr. (brother)
Wilbur E. Schwensen (brother)
Robert H. Schwensen (brother)
John E. Schwensen (brother)
Sydney Snyder (brother)

More information

2nd Lt Richard L. Schwensen East High School in Wichita, Kansas.

His brother Robert H. Schwensen was reported missing in action on 6 February 1943 in New Guinea. He is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery at Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines.

His brother Captain Justus M. Schwensen was shot down over Germany and reported missing in action on 17 January 1945. He is buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery in Kansas.

Source of information: www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Mr. Sydney Snyder, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - 1925/1930/1940 Census / Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Paul Oberg and the McCormick School Museum