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Personal info

Full name
SELKIRK, Richard Alexander
Date of birth
1 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Albany, Albany County, New York
Hometown
Albany, Albany County, New York

Military service

Service number
O1293661
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Legion of Merit,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Kintzheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 34 7

Immediate family

Members
Alexander T. Selkirk (father)
Cora E. (Crehan) Selkirk (mother)
Ruth C. Selkirk (sister)
Jeane Selkirk (sister)

More information

Capt Richard A. Selkirk graduated from Milne High School in 1938. He was an office machine operator before he joined the National Guard in Albany, New York on 6 January 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Poole Farrell Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, Knickerbocker News - 25 August 1945