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Personal info

Full name
RICHARDS, Carl Donald
Date of birth
5 May 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Paw Paw, Lee County, Illinois
Hometown
Coral Gables, Dade County, Florida

Military service

Service number
O1325322
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
302nd Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Lampaden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 5 66

Immediate family

Members
Theodore Richards (father)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, https://archive.org/stream/HistoryOfThe94thInfantryWWII
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