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Personal info

Full name
FARROW, Richard Elfrid
Date of birth
10 February 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Haddonfield, Camden County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32267317
Rank
Technician Third Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Echternach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 5 54

Immediate family

Members
Charles T. Farrow (father)
Mary E. Farrow (mother)
Charles T. Farrow (brother)
John G. Farrow (brother)
Sara R. Farrow (sister)
Henrietta S. (Miller) Farrow (wife)

More information

T/3 Richard E. Farrow attended Temple University and graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1937. He was employed by his father at his pharmacy, Farrow's Pharmacy in Haddonfield.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 11 May 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records 1669-2013

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem, www.newspapers.com - Evening Courier - 17 March 1945