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Personal info

Full name
RICO, Rudolph Gill
Date of birth
11 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Yuma County, Arizona
Hometown
Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona

Military service

Service number
39863193
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bastendorf, Diekirch, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 8 19

Immediate family

Members
Yasmel C. Rico (father)
Caroline M. (Gill) Rico (mother)
Ysmael G. Rico (brother)
Eugene R. Rico (brother)
Mary Rico (sister)
Robert Rico (brother)
Daniel G. Rico (brother)
Sammy Rico (brother)
Irene Rico (sister)
Lilly Rico (sister)
Mary Lou Rico (sister)
Molly Rico (sister)

More information

Pfc Rudolph G. Rico enlisted in Phoenix, Arizona on 8 October 1943.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Erickson Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young men / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on foreign Soil 1942-1949, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Binder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery