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Personal info

Full name
PITCHER, Lynn Richardson
Date of birth
1 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia
Hometown
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35655814
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 February 1945
Place of death
Near Saarlouis, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 15 57

Immediate family

Members
Albert M. Pitcher (father)
Frances M. (Richardson) Pitcher (mother)
Albert M. Pitcher Jr. (brother)
Alice D. Pitcher (sister)

More information

Pfc Lynn R. Pitcher attended college for one year and was employed at the Dickinson Construction Company before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 26 March 1943.

He is remembered at the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland.

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 / Mary Sultana Tree / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Jen Snoots

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Astrid / Jen Snoots