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Personal info

Full name
GLEICH, Richard Andrew
Date of birth
30 November 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36600923
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 7 22

Immediate family

Members
Rudolph Gleich (father)
Bertha (Gumlich) Gleich (mother)
Jerome Gleich (brother)

More information

Pvt Richard A. Gleich was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Cook County Illinois Birth Certificates Index, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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