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Personal info

Full name
RIDDICK, Louis Blair
Date of birth
5 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Pleasant Garden, Guilford County, North Carolina
Hometown
Greensboro City, Guilford County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34997196
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Near Tillet, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 18 20

Immediate family

Members
Louis E. Riddick (father)
Aletha (Blair) Riddick (mother)
Virginia D. Riddick (sister)
Mary N. Riddick (sister)
John H. Riddick (brother)
Juanita L. (Gladwell) Riddick (wife)

More information

Pvt Louis B. Riddick attended high school for three years and was a manager and official before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 24 June 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / NC Tuckers Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - JBN