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Personal info

Full name
RACE, Richard E
Date of birth
10 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Index, Otsego County, New York
Hometown
Toddsville, Otsego County, New York

Military service

Service number
42117691
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
778th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hollzerath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 9 17

Immediate family

Members
Walter A. Race (father)
Mable B. (Smith) Race (mother)
Walter A. Race (brother)
Beverly Race (sister)
Beatrice Race (sister)
Barbara E. Race (sister)
Robert L. Race (brother)
Alice Race (sister)

More information

Pvt Richard E. Race attended Cooperstown High School and was employed at Smith's Food Store.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 21 April 1944 and was sent overseas in December 1944.

According to the After Action Report, 1st Platoon of A Company lost one tank when it was hit by a Panzerfaust. Two men were killed. Most likely Pvt Race was one of them.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission card, Larry's Lounge Tribute Page to the 778th Tank Battalion (WWII).html
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Soilsister/Pjt