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Personal info

Full name
RICHESIN, Frank
Date of birth
25 November 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
McMinn County, Tennessee
Hometown
McMinn County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34369558
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
825th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Stavelot, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John Richesin (father)
Mary Richesin (mother)
Marion Richesin (brother)
Blanch Richesin (sister)
Sam Richesin (brother)
Amos Richesin (brother)
Delphia Richesin (sister)
Gertrude Richesin (sister)
Laura Richesin (sister)

More information

Cpl Frank Richesin enlisted on 10 September 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.

He is remembered at the Foster Cemetery in Niota, McMinn County, Tennessee.

He is also remembered with other members of his unit on a memorial plaque in Stavelot, Belgium.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Army Enlistment Record / 1940 Census

Photo source: FOHF, Storiesbehindthestars.org