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Personal info

Full name
KNOLES, Richard Ralph
Date of birth
16 July 1909
Age
36
Place of birth
Vancouver, Clark County, Washington
Hometown
Bonners Ferry, Boundary County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
6546518
Rank
First Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
11th Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1945
Place of death
Near Bouzonville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 30 23

Immediate family

Members
Leonard L. Knoles (father)
Iduna L. (Shafer) Knoles (mother)
Ervin L. Knoles (brother)
Rowena C. Knoles (sister)
Carl S. Knoles (brother)
Allen N. Knoles (brother)
Orval C. Knoles (brother)
Calvin B. Knoles (brother)
Donald E. Knoles (brother)
Charlotte E. (Denton) Knoles (wife)

More information

1st Lt Richard R. Knoles attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Presidio of Monterey, California on 29 July 1940.
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 / Clemens Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.gfhesper.lu, www.10tharmored.com, www.newspapers.com – The Spokesman Review 8 December 1944
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Cathylf, www.newspapers.com – The Spokesman Review 8 December 1944