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Personal info

Full name
WILLETTS, Richard Evan
Date of birth
3 January 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois
Hometown
Martel, Marion County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35032947
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
Wittlich-Land, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 69

Immediate family

Members
Edward Willetts (father)
Eva M. (Poland) Willetts (mother)
Glenn E. Willetts (brother)
Margaret A. Willetts (sister)
Ellen (Kimbell) Willetts (wife)
Ronald E. Willetts (son)

More information

T/4 Richard E. Willetts worked with his father, driving an oil truck before he enlisted at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 23 April 1941. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was taken prisoner of war and was killed during an Allied bombing raid on Wittilch-Land, Germany. He was initially buried at the municipal cemetery of this town.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Beth Milk Johnson Tree, www.10tharmored.com / https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18238601 - page 220
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – 50thAIB