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Personal info

Full name
HUEGEL, Richard Edward
Date of birth
18 November 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O2010382
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
776th Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 29 6

Immediate family

Members
Edmund M. Huegel (father)
Cora C. (Berchtold) Huegel (mother)
Irene M. Huegel (sister)
Edna M. Huegel (sister)
Robert J. Huegel (brother)
Lazarus Huegel (brother)
Ruth A. Huegel (sister)
Melva M. (Forest) Huegel (wife)
Darlene M. Huegel (daughter)

More information

2nd Lt Richard E. Huegel graduated from East High School in June 1937 and was employed by the Talon Inc. before he enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 8 April 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Forest Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Crypt Finder, www.newspapers.com - Lake Shore Visitor 27 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dave Hanssen