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Personal info

Full name
VINCENT, Richard Clyde
Date of birth
28 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas
Hometown
Sherwin Junction, Cherokee County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37524811
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
Near Albestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 17 41

Immediate family

Members
Cornelius O. Vincent (father)
Cleopatra (Young) Vincent (mother)
Berdene E. Vincent (sister)
William L. Vincent (brother)
Charles E. Vincent (brother)

More information

Pfc Richard C. Vincent attended high school for four years and was a miner before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 5 May 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - R & S
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