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Personal info

Full name
SCOGGINS, Richard Alfred
Date of birth
20 October 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
Hometown
Hamilton County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34493671
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 8 1

Immediate family

Members
Ira G. Scoggins (father)
Mary A. (Murray) Scoggins (mother)
Evelyn F. Scoggins (sister)
Pauline B. Scoggins (sister)
Richard A. Scoggins (brother)
Mary G. Scoggins (sister)
Betty F. Scoggins (sister)
Jack Scoggins (brother)

More information

Pfc Richard A. Scoggins attended high school for 2 years and worked in manufacture of textiles before he enlisted in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 17 November 1942.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Scoggins Family Tree, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten