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Personal info

Full name
RICHARDSON, Burton Anthony
Date of birth
18 May 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O1319652
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 October 1944
Place of death
Near Epinal, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 19 6

Immediate family

Members
Burton Richardson (father)
Anna A. (Nordin) Richardson (mother)
Ethel M. Richardson (sister)
Grace Richardson (sister)
Robert Richardson (brother)
Ester Richardson (sister)
Josephine M. (McLaren) Richardson (wife)
Susan Richardson (daughter)

More information

1st Lt Burton A. Richardson graduated from Calumet High School in 1928 and attended 2 years of college. He was employed at Premier Printing Company.

He enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 1 October 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Hallberg Slakttrad Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Giovanni Trosselo, Calumet High School, 1928