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Personal info

Full name
RICHARDSON, Emery Eugene
Date of birth
27 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Sangamon, Macon County, Illinois
Hometown
Rochester, Sangamon County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36912006
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Munich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 23 28

Immediate family

Members
George A. Richardson (father)
Pearl A. Richardson (mother)
Herschel Richardson (brother)
Cecil Richardson (brother)
Dorothy Richardson (sister)
Earl Richardson (brother)
Frank Richardson ( brother)
Eileen Richardson (sister)
Willis Richardson (brother)
Louise Richardson (sister)
Leola Richardson (sister)
Shirley A. Richardson (sister)
Sharon L. Richardson (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Emery E. Richardson attended high school for three years and was employed in a WPA Project.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax.

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, Family tree History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

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