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Personal info

Full name
BELL, Richard Joseph
Date of birth
16 December 1925
Age
18
Place of birth
Caswell, Aroostook County, Maine
Hometown
Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31455686
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
Petit-Réderching, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 7

Immediate family

Members
Walter L. Bell (father)
Lucy Bell (mother)
Vella Bell (sister)
Emile Bell (brother)
Muriel Bell (sister)
Almon Bell (brother)
Edna Bell (sister)
Herbie Bell (brother)
Ethelma Bell (sister)

More information

Pfc Richard J. Bell worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 15 March 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

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 / 1930/1940 Census, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett
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