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Personal info

Full name
WESTDAHL, Richard Elmer
Date of birth
19 December 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
White Plains, Westchester County, New York
Hometown
White Plains, Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
32686948
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Nürnberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 34 29

Immediate family

Members
Erik Westdahl (father)
Gertrude (Jansson) Westdahl (mother)
Wilkin Westdahl (brother)

More information

Pfc Richard E. Westdahl attended college for four years and was a public accountant employed by Price Waterhouse Company.
He was killed in action by artillery shell fragments in the arm, buttock and hip.

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