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Personal info

Full name
BORRELL, Richard Alan
Date of birth
15 November 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Union County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
O-732462
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
555th Bombardment Squadron,
386th Bombardment Group, Medium
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 October 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 32 59

Immediate family

Members
Alfred C. Borrell (father)
Florette B. (Boud) Borrell (mother)
Alfred C. Borrell Jr. (brother)
Marjorie V. Borrell (sister)
Robert B. Borrell (brother)
Christine Borrell (wife)

More information

1st Lt Richard A. Borrell enlisted in Trenton, New Jersey on 23 July 1941.
He attended high school for 4 years before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Champigneul, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Arie-Jan van Hees, Bombardier Class Book 43-02, Victorville AAF, California