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Personal info

Full name
RICHARDS, Charles Denver
Date of birth
15 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia
Hometown
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
15114349
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
85th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
5th Armored Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Near Grevenmacher, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 41 31

Immediate family

Members
German B. Richards (father)
Pearl M. (Armstrong) Richards (mother)
Ina G. Richards (sister)
Opal H. Richards (sister)
Helen E. Richards (sister)
Liza G. Richards (sister)
Blanche E. Richards (sister)
Eva F. Richards (sister)
Wilma A. Richards (sister)
Glen H. Richards (brother)
Eleanor F. Richards (sister)
Bertha J. Richards (sister)
Ira K. Richards (brother)

More information

Pvt Charles D. Richards attended high school for one year and worked as a driver before he volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky on 9 May 1942.

Source of information: Nick Lieten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Headstone inscription and interment record, Ronda Myers

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Michael V Drachman, www.ancestry.com – rthyme_1 family tree