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Personal info

Full name
ABREU, Richard
Date of birth
23 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
42099966
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
Near Nürnberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 8 66

Immediate family

Members
Manuel Abrue (father)
Lucy Abrue (mother)
Alice G. Murray (foster mother)
Arthur Abrue (brother)
Norman Abrue (brother)
John H. Murray (foster brother)
James Murray (foster sister)
Catherine Murray (foster sister)

More information

Pvt Richard Abreu enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 18 October 1944.

Pvt Abreu and his brother, Arthur made their home with Mrs. Alice G. Murray of Glenwood.
Pvt Abreu attended Griffith Institute, Springville, where he played football. He trained at Fort Meade, Maryland and at Camp Wheeler, Georgia.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.newspapers.com - Springville Journal
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