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Personal info

Full name
WAYE, Richard Albert "Dick"
Date of birth
4 July 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Pueblo County, Colorado
Hometown
Pueblo County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
37712636
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
413th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bad Sachsa, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 9 21

Immediate family

Members
Henry W. Waye (father)
Helen M. Waye (mother)
William L. Waye (brother)

More information

Pvt Richard A. Waye attended Centennial High School for two years and was a machinist apprentice.

He enlisted in Denver, Colorado on 3 October 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Ralph Peeters, Centennial High School, 1942