Richard served as a Private, 753rd Tank Battalion, 36th Infantry Division, U.S. Army during World War II.
He resided in Lincoln County, Nebraska prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 25, 1942 at Fort Crook, Nebraska. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Richard was declared "Missing In Action" when his tank was hit by a German 88mm Cannon as they entered the village of St. Vit, France and the entire crew of 5 were incinerated by the blast during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Age 21.
Service # 17078860
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Crew members who perished included:
Barkowski, John E ~ T/5, New York, Age 20
Evans, Ira ~ Corp, Mississippi, Age 33
Hobb, Delbert V ~ Pfc, Missouri, Age 20
Souder, Richard W ~ Pfc, Nebraska, Age 21
Yarborough, Clyde B ~ Sgt, Texas, Age 26
Above Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett and
Dwight "Andy" Anderson
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Below 753rd Tank Battalion History by:
Dwight "Andy" Anderson
The 753d Tank Battalion was constituted on 16 Dec 1940, activated on 1 June 1941 at Ft Benning, Georgia.
They landed in North Africa on 26 May, 1943, Sicily on 10 July 1943, Italy on 9 Sept 1943 and southern France on 15 August 1944.
In December supported both the 3rd and 36th Divisions in fierce fighting in the Selestat-Ribeauville-Keysersberg area, then moved with the 36th into the Strasbourg area.
They fought against the German Northwind offensive in Jan 1945.
On 15 March 1945 jumped off in support of the 36th's attack through the Siegfried Line toward the Rhine River. Crossed the Rhine in April while attached to the 63rd Infantry Division for limited pursuit of enemy and cleaning up by passed strong points, including Heilbronn.
They were located in Kufstein, Austria, when cease-fire orders were received on 7 May 1945
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He resided in Lincoln County, Nebraska prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 25, 1942 at Fort Crook, Nebraska. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Richard was declared "Missing In Action" when his tank was hit by a German 88mm Cannon as they entered the village of St. Vit, France and the entire crew of 5 were incinerated by the blast during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Age 21.
Service # 17078860
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Crew members who perished included:
Barkowski, John E ~ T/5, New York, Age 20
Evans, Ira ~ Corp, Mississippi, Age 33
Hobb, Delbert V ~ Pfc, Missouri, Age 20
Souder, Richard W ~ Pfc, Nebraska, Age 21
Yarborough, Clyde B ~ Sgt, Texas, Age 26
Above Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett and
Dwight "Andy" Anderson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Below 753rd Tank Battalion History by:
Dwight "Andy" Anderson
The 753d Tank Battalion was constituted on 16 Dec 1940, activated on 1 June 1941 at Ft Benning, Georgia.
They landed in North Africa on 26 May, 1943, Sicily on 10 July 1943, Italy on 9 Sept 1943 and southern France on 15 August 1944.
In December supported both the 3rd and 36th Divisions in fierce fighting in the Selestat-Ribeauville-Keysersberg area, then moved with the 36th into the Strasbourg area.
They fought against the German Northwind offensive in Jan 1945.
On 15 March 1945 jumped off in support of the 36th's attack through the Siegfried Line toward the Rhine River. Crossed the Rhine in April while attached to the 63rd Infantry Division for limited pursuit of enemy and cleaning up by passed strong points, including Heilbronn.
They were located in Kufstein, Austria, when cease-fire orders were received on 7 May 1945
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Richard served as a Private, 753rd Tank Battalion, 36th Infantry Division, U.S. Army during World War II.
He resided in Lincoln County, Nebraska prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 25, 1942 at Fort Crook, Nebraska. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Richard was declared "Missing In Action" when his tank was hit by a German 88mm Cannon as they entered the village of St. Vit, France and the entire crew of 5 were incinerated by the blast during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Age 21.
Service # 17078860
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Crew members who perished included:
Barkowski, John E ~ T/5, New York, Age 20
Evans, Ira ~ Corp, Mississippi, Age 33
Hobb, Delbert V ~ Pfc, Missouri, Age 20
Souder, Richard W ~ Pfc, Nebraska, Age 21
Yarborough, Clyde B ~ Sgt, Texas, Age 26
Above Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett and
Dwight "Andy" Anderson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Below 753rd Tank Battalion History by:
Dwight "Andy" Anderson
The 753d Tank Battalion was constituted on 16 Dec 1940, activated on 1 June 1941 at Ft Benning, Georgia.
They landed in North Africa on 26 May, 1943, Sicily on 10 July 1943, Italy on 9 Sept 1943 and southern France on 15 August 1944.
In December supported both the 3rd and 36th Divisions in fierce fighting in the Selestat-Ribeauville-Keysersberg area, then moved with the 36th into the Strasbourg area.
They fought against the German Northwind offensive in Jan 1945.
On 15 March 1945 jumped off in support of the 36th's attack through the Siegfried Line toward the Rhine River. Crossed the Rhine in April while attached to the 63rd Infantry Division for limited pursuit of enemy and cleaning up by passed strong points, including Heilbronn.
They were located in Kufstein, Austria, when cease-fire orders were received on 7 May 1945
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in Lincoln County, Nebraska prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on August 25, 1942 at Fort Crook, Nebraska. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents.
Richard was declared "Missing In Action" when his tank was hit by a German 88mm Cannon as they entered the village of St. Vit, France and the entire crew of 5 were incinerated by the blast during the war.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Age 21.
Service # 17078860
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Crew members who perished included:
Barkowski, John E ~ T/5, New York, Age 20
Evans, Ira ~ Corp, Mississippi, Age 33
Hobb, Delbert V ~ Pfc, Missouri, Age 20
Souder, Richard W ~ Pfc, Nebraska, Age 21
Yarborough, Clyde B ~ Sgt, Texas, Age 26
Above Bio & Crew Report by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett and
Dwight "Andy" Anderson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Below 753rd Tank Battalion History by:
Dwight "Andy" Anderson
The 753d Tank Battalion was constituted on 16 Dec 1940, activated on 1 June 1941 at Ft Benning, Georgia.
They landed in North Africa on 26 May, 1943, Sicily on 10 July 1943, Italy on 9 Sept 1943 and southern France on 15 August 1944.
In December supported both the 3rd and 36th Divisions in fierce fighting in the Selestat-Ribeauville-Keysersberg area, then moved with the 36th into the Strasbourg area.
They fought against the German Northwind offensive in Jan 1945.
On 15 March 1945 jumped off in support of the 36th's attack through the Siegfried Line toward the Rhine River. Crossed the Rhine in April while attached to the 63rd Infantry Division for limited pursuit of enemy and cleaning up by passed strong points, including Heilbronn.
They were located in Kufstein, Austria, when cease-fire orders were received on 7 May 1945
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