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Personal info

Full name
RUGGLES, Richard C
Date of birth
21 May 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Orleans County, New York

Military service

Service number
42098226
Rank
Private
Function
Automatic Rifleman
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division,
2nd Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 April 1945
Place of death
Near Westerfelde, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 21 7

Immediate family

Members
Harland S. Ruggles (father)
Ruth (Barnett) Ruggles (mother)
David Ruggles (brother)
Harlene Ruggles (sister)

More information

Richard Ruggles graduated from Holley High School in 1944, where he was manager of the basketball and soccer teams, member of the cast of the senior play, member of the student souncil and of the Holleyleaf staff for four years.

He enlisted on 29 August 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.rootsweb.ancestry.com, www.fultonhistory.com, http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org - The Medina Daily Journal, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Medina Daily Journal, www.ancestry.com - Holley High School Yearbook 1944,