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Personal info

Full name
RICHARDSON, Jerry David
Date of birth
24 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Swanton, Lucas County, Ohio
Hometown
Delaware County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35088248
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Near Elsenborn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 9 54

Immediate family

Members
Ulysses G. S. Richardson (father)
Alma M. (Textor) Richardson (mother)
Mabel A. Richardson (sister)
Nellie E. Richardson (sister)
Joseph B. Richardson (brother)
Rachel Richardson (sister)
Ruth E. Richardson (sister)
Raymond A. Richardson (brother)
Shirley A. Richardson (sister)
Anna P. Richardson (wife)
Barbara A. Richardson (daughter)

More information

Pvt Jerry D. Richardson worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 29 May 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Beard Family Tree / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet