Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
RICHARDS, Rodney
Date of birth
29 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Spring Valley, Fillmore County, Minnesota
Hometown
Mower County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37771839
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ormersviller – Vollmunster, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 8 3

Immediate family

Members
Clyde W. Richards (father)
Lenore A. (Emmerson) Richards (mother)
John E. Richards (brother)
Harriet L. (Scott) Richards (wife)

More information

Pvt Rodney Richards attended high school for four years and was a sales clerk before he enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 9 August 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments at his head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: -