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Personal info

Full name
RICHMOND, Lester Dean
Date of birth
9 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
New Cumberland, Hancock County, West Virginia
Hometown
Pugh, Hancock County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35754367
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 21 40

Immediate family

Members
Lester J. Richmond (father)
Abbie C. (Couchenour) Richmond (mother)
Betty M. Richmond (sister)
Dorothy Richmond (sister)
Robert Richmond (brother)
Willis R. Richmond (brother)

More information

Sgt Lester D. Richmond was a welder before he enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 12 May 1943.

At the time of his death, the 10th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the vicinity of Courcelles-sur-Nied, France.

He is remembered at the Mill Creek Hill Cemetery in Greene Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Richmond Family Tree / West Virginia Birth Index, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laura S / San