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Personal info

Full name
RICHARDS, William M
Date of birth
15 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Licking County, Ohio
Hometown
Newark, Licking County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35635072
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 13 2

Immediate family

Members
William C. Richards (father)
Sylvia M. (Fitch) Richards (mother)
Sylvia D. Richards (sister)
Rosalie Richards (sister)

More information

Pfc William M. Richards enlisted in Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 29 March 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Maine, Marriages, 1892-1996 / U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet