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Personal info

Full name
RIGLER, Richard Edward
Date of birth
22 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Blair County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33940160
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 27 46

Immediate family

Members
Edward A. Rigler (father)
Elizabeth A. (Anderson) Rigler (mother)
Dorothy E. Rigler (sister)
Erma L. (Mathes) Rigler (wife)
Terry L. Rigler (son)

More information

Pvt Richard E. Rigler attended high school for 4 years and worked in the manufacture of miscellaneous products before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, on 22 May 1944.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Annie