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Personal info

Full name
STURGILL, Richard Orion
Date of birth
9 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Washington County, Virginia
Hometown
Meadowview, Washington County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33842322
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
Kriegsheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 47 13

Immediate family

Members
Festus E. Sturgill (father)
Mahala A. (Finley) Sturgill (mother)
Barney C. Sturgill (brother)
Shirley L. Sturgill (brother)
Mae L. Sturgill (sister)
Robert P. Sturgill (brother)
Thelma M. Sturgill (sister)
Ruby E. Sturgill (sister)
Helen R. Sturgill (sister)
Betty J. Sturgill (sister)
Mary E. (Coe) Sturgill (wife)
Leslie A. Sturgill (son)
Charles R. Sturgill (son)

More information

Pvt Richard O. Sturgill was a miner before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 26 February 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire to his back.

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 / Joe Donald Barrong Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy