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Personal info

Full name
LUZADDER, Richard Clarence "Dick"
Date of birth
15 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Hartford City, Blackford County, Indiana
Hometown
Blackford County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35897632
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Near Eschweiller, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 17 25

Immediate family

Members
Charles R. Luzadder (father)
Anna A. (Dudley) Luzadder (mother)
Ethelyn Luzadder (sister)
Charles Luzadder (brother)
Kenneth Luzadder (brother)
Dudley Luzadder (brother)
Madaline Luzadder (sister)

More information

Pfc Richard C. Luzadder attended Hartford City High School and was a driver at the Knecht Trucking Company.

He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 28 October 1943 and received his training at Camp Blanding, Florida.

He was sent to England in May 1944 and arrived in France in July. He went through Belgium and entered Germany in September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Celeste Luzadder - niece, courtesy Emira Mazlout - Interpretive Guide at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery