Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- Full
name
LOVE, Richard Arthur - Date of
birth
17 April 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Denver County, Colorado -
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1321194 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
25 December 1944 - Place of
death
Insenborn, Luxembourg
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 2 | 4 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Herman G. Love (father)
Fredericka A. (Pahnke) Love (mother)
Patricia M. Love (sister)
James A. Love (brother)
More information
2nd Lt Richard A. Love attended high school for four years and was a clerk at the National Tea Company before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 17 September 1941.He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, 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 / Cathcart Ritterspach and other families, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Eileen Leathers