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William Henry Richards

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William Henry Richards

Birth
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Death
9 Mar 1986 (aged 93)
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec 15 Lot 444 Space 1
Memorial ID
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William Henry Richards
WW1 Veteran, United States Army
Regiment(s): 158th Aero Squadron (Tuscania), 1103rd Aero Squadron (Huntington)
Enlisted: Unknown
Serial Number: 250044
Rank: Private (1918)
Discharged: 1919 Camp Mills, Long Island, NY

Remarks: Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – April 26, 1919
Departed Hoboken, New Jersey January 24, 1918 aboard the SS Tuscania
Torpedoed on the Troopship Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918 off the Coast of Ireland
Departed Brest, France aboard the USS Huntington April 17, 1919
Arrived in the port of Brooklyn, New York April 26, 1919

Occupation(s): United States Land Survey, Montana Creek, Alaska (1917),
Draftsman for Wagon Company (1920)

Married Gertrude May Helmsing Sep 22, 1920 Council Bluffs, Iowa
Daughter of Henry & Dora (Klover) Helmsing

Son of William Henry Richards & Minnie (McCracken) Richards

Source: email 1/28/2018 from FAG member # 47554788.
William Henry Richards
WW1 Veteran, United States Army
Regiment(s): 158th Aero Squadron (Tuscania), 1103rd Aero Squadron (Huntington)
Enlisted: Unknown
Serial Number: 250044
Rank: Private (1918)
Discharged: 1919 Camp Mills, Long Island, NY

Remarks: Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – April 26, 1919
Departed Hoboken, New Jersey January 24, 1918 aboard the SS Tuscania
Torpedoed on the Troopship Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918 off the Coast of Ireland
Departed Brest, France aboard the USS Huntington April 17, 1919
Arrived in the port of Brooklyn, New York April 26, 1919

Occupation(s): United States Land Survey, Montana Creek, Alaska (1917),
Draftsman for Wagon Company (1920)

Married Gertrude May Helmsing Sep 22, 1920 Council Bluffs, Iowa
Daughter of Henry & Dora (Klover) Helmsing

Son of William Henry Richards & Minnie (McCracken) Richards

Source: email 1/28/2018 from FAG member # 47554788.

Gravesite Details

Interred 03/12/1986



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