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Personal info

Full name
THATCHER, Richard Eugene
Date of birth
27 February 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Elgin, Van Wert County, Ohio
Hometown
Van Wert County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35240469
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
21 September 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 3 61

Immediate family

Members
Lewis E. Thatcher (father)
Earnestine M. (Wolfe) Thatcher (mother)
Alma J. Thatcher (sister)
Katherine Thatcher (sister)
Smiley Thatcher (brother)
Stanley Thatcher (brother)
Kenneth Thatcher (brother)

More information

Pfc Richard E. Thatcher was employed by C.E. Overholt of Elgin.

He enlisted at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 28 August 1944 and was sent overseas on 4 April 1945.

He was killed in a motor vehicle accident.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Foehl Family Tree / 1930 Census, https://newspaperarchive.com
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