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Personal info

Full name
SARGENT, Richard West
Date of birth
4 April 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31434670
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Stockem–Schankweiler, west of Bitburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 5 38

Immediate family

Members
Paul N. Sargent (father)
Ethylen (Bean) Sargent (mother)
Paul N. Sargent (brother)
Grace E. Sargent (sister)
Florence L. Sargent (sister)

More information

Pvt Richard W. Sargent enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 21 August 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Connors Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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