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Personal info

Full name
ALDERSON, Richard James
Date of birth
22 February 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Idaho
Hometown
Stevens County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39460967
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 April 1945
Place of death
Area Weimar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 4 16

Immediate family

Members
Roy V. Alderson (father)
Ethel K. (Osborn) Alderson (mother)
Esther R. Alderson (sister)
Calvin W. Alderson (brother)
Beulah M. (Kline) Alderson (sister)
Elma (Yekel) Alderson (wife)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com Alderpenkro Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Hans Wijnands