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Personal info

Full name
RICHARDSON, Harold Maurice
Date of birth
11 April 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Bevier, Macon County, Missouri
Hometown
Monroe City, Monroe County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37635584
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Setterich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 8 2

Immediate family

Members
James F. Richardson (father)
Frances O. (Tate) Richardson (mother)
Ella F. Richardson (sister)
Charles E. Richardson (brother)
Lloyd F. Richardson (brother)
James C. Richardson (brother)
Clarence D. Richardson (brother)
Vera E. (Pridemore) Richardson (wife)
Edith M. Richardson (daughter)
Patsy F. Rihardson (daughter)
Robert E. Richardson (son)
Harold Richardson (son)

More information

Pvt Harold Richardson enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 20 March 1944.

He joined his unit from a Replacement Depot on 28 October 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Family Trees, www.newspapers.com - Macin Chronicle-Herald

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Tom Richardson (grandson)