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Personal info

Full name
FOX, Richard Henry
Date of birth
13 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Dalton, Wayne County, Ohio
Hometown
Jackson County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16151692
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 9 19

Immediate family

Members
Henry A. Fox (father)
Midred M. Fox (mother)
Robert Fox (brother)
Jack Fox (brother)
William Fox (brother)

More information

Pvt Richard H. Fox volunteered for the Army of the United States in Detroit, Michigan on 2 December 1942.

Source of information: Tjarco Schuurman, Carla Mans, NARA, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.wwiimemorial.com, WW2 Airborne

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/508/508_trp.html