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Personal info

Full name
EVEY, Richard Wesley
Date of birth
16 March 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois
Hometown
Clinton, De Witt County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36326417
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
Drusenheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 3 20

Immediate family

Members
Ernest R. Evey (father)
Martha (Parr) Evey (mother)
Harry Evey (brother)
Florence B. Evey (sister)
Russell E. Evey (brother)
Byron F. Evey (brother)

More information

Pfc Richard W. Evey attended high school for four years and was a clerk at T.A. Hull & Son grocery store before he enlisted at Camp Grant, Illinois on 24 March 1942.

He died from the effects of artillery shell fragments in his stomach, back and arm.

He is remembered at the Friends Creek Cemetery in Argenta, Macon County, Illinois.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com – RWCNAC, www.newspapers.com – The Decatur Daily Review 6 February 1945

Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Pantagraph, www.findagrave.com – Andy / RWCNAC