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Personal info

Full name
GARDNER, Richard Allen
Date of birth
2 October 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Ossining, Westchester County, New York
Hometown
Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
12242525
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
54th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 March 1945
Place of death
Landau in der Pfalz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 4 8

Immediate family

Members
Alfred O. Gardner (father)
Ruth Gardner (mother)

More information

Pvt Richard A. Gardner attended high school for four years and was employed at the Hercules Body Company before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 15 September 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / New York State Birth Index / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Bill Blake