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Personal info

Full name
ELDER, Richard
Date of birth
22 November 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Osceola Mills, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Endicott, Broome County, New York

Military service

Service number
42109755
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Dürboslar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 19 11

Immediate family

Members
Milton Elder (father)
Alice (Shirk) Elder (mother)
Jacob Elder (brother)
Harry Elder (brother)
George Elder (brother)
Irvin Elder (brother)
Jane Elder (sister)
Robert Elder (brother)
Lee Elder (brother)
James Elder (brother)
John Elder (brother)
Alfred Elder (brother)
Frances W. (Harbst) Elder (wife)
Laura Jean Elder (daughter)
Ruth A. Elder (daughter)
Nadine Elise Elder (daughter)

More information

Pvt Richard Elder enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 25 March 1944.

He joined his unit from Replacement Depot on 9 October 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, John S. Elder Jr., www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Records, Lewiston Sentinel newspaper, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, John S. Elder Jr.