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Personal info

Full name
OWEN, Richard Clemens "Dick"
Date of birth
18 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
42094473
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 10 22

Immediate family

Members
John M. Owen (father)
Neva S. (Heoner) Owen (mother)
John M. Owen (brother)
Jean E. Owen (sister)

More information

Sgt Richard C. Owen graduated from East Aurora High School in 1943 where he participated in various activities such as Band, Volleyball, the Radio Club and was in the Chorus.

He was employed by the Aurora Theater Corp. before he enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 26 February 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, East Aurora High School Yearbook 1943