His plane was shot down at about 11 pm on June 18, 1944 while on a mission to provide supplies to the French Resistance; a collection of French movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during the Second World War. (Source: Wikipedia)

Sibling of Bertha R. Miller.

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Army Service No. (ASN): 18208553
Enlistment Date: 10/27/1942
Entered the Service From: Louisiana
850th Bomb Squadron, 801st Bomb Group, Heavy
Awards: Purple Heart

Henry H. Ricard is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Died Or Killed In Prisoner Of War Status.

Information below obtained from https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=6981:
Crewmember of the B-24H-25-DT Liberator serial #42-51124 5Z which took off at 2306 on 18 June 44 from Harrington, UK, on an ammunition drop to the French Resistance. The plane crashed due to unknown circumstances (may have hit a tree in the drop zone) at 0030. He died on June 18, 1944, was initially buried at Villeneuve-sur-Auvers in France and is now buried at Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France.

Name and Address of Next of Kin:
Mrs. Aliene Ricard
301 Duplex Street
Natchitoches, Louisiana

U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999, lists a 11/22/1941 marriage to Aline Richardson

The newspaper article below was obtained from Find A Grave Memorial 93973876:
The Winnfield News-American
Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana
September 1, 1944

Sgt. Henry Ricard Dies In Germany In Prison Camp.

Survived By Wife, Former Aliene Richardson of Winnfield.

Mrs. Henry Ricard of Winnfield received a message from the War Department Friday that notice had been given by the German Government through the International Red Cross that her husband, Technical Sergeant Henry H. Ricard, who was previously reported missing in action, had died June 19 as a result of the wounds received in action over France.

Sgt. Ricard, 27 years of age, was engineer with an Air Force crew that had only been stationed in England two months before he was reported missing. He had been in service since October 27, 1942.

Memorial services were held at the Church of the Immaculate Conceptions, which he was a member, on Wednesday of this week.

Sgt. Ricard is survived by his wife, the former Marjorie Ailene Richardson of Winnfield; a two year old son, Henry, Jr.; his father, Frank Ricard, Natchitoches; one brother, F. J. Ricard, of Denham Springs; four sisters, Mrs. O. H. Miller, Natchitoches; Mrs. Lee J. Fontenot, Ville Platte; Mrs. Louis Keller, and Mrs. J. F. Lorio, both of Hahnville.

***I would like to thank Mimi Find A Grave ID 36100144 for adding her photo of Henry and his crew to this memorial***

***I would like to thank frédéric Lavernhe Find A Grave ID 48763008 for adding his photo of the gravesite to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Murphy Miller Find A Grave ID 47623203 for adding his photos to this memorial***

***I would like to thank WWII History Fan Find A Grave ID 48178484 for updating the inscription on this memorial***

His plane was shot down at about 11 pm on June 18, 1944 while on a mission to provide supplies to the French Resistance; a collection of French movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during the Second World War. (Source: Wikipedia)

Sibling of Bertha R. Miller.

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Army Service No. (ASN): 18208553
Enlistment Date: 10/27/1942
Entered the Service From: Louisiana
850th Bomb Squadron, 801st Bomb Group, Heavy
Awards: Purple Heart

Henry H. Ricard is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Died Or Killed In Prisoner Of War Status.

Information below obtained from https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=6981:
Crewmember of the B-24H-25-DT Liberator serial #42-51124 5Z which took off at 2306 on 18 June 44 from Harrington, UK, on an ammunition drop to the French Resistance. The plane crashed due to unknown circumstances (may have hit a tree in the drop zone) at 0030. He died on June 18, 1944, was initially buried at Villeneuve-sur-Auvers in France and is now buried at Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France.

Name and Address of Next of Kin:
Mrs. Aliene Ricard
301 Duplex Street
Natchitoches, Louisiana

U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999, lists a 11/22/1941 marriage to Aline Richardson

The newspaper article below was obtained from Find A Grave Memorial 93973876:
The Winnfield News-American
Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana
September 1, 1944

Sgt. Henry Ricard Dies In Germany In Prison Camp.

Survived By Wife, Former Aliene Richardson of Winnfield.

Mrs. Henry Ricard of Winnfield received a message from the War Department Friday that notice had been given by the German Government through the International Red Cross that her husband, Technical Sergeant Henry H. Ricard, who was previously reported missing in action, had died June 19 as a result of the wounds received in action over France.

Sgt. Ricard, 27 years of age, was engineer with an Air Force crew that had only been stationed in England two months before he was reported missing. He had been in service since October 27, 1942.

Memorial services were held at the Church of the Immaculate Conceptions, which he was a member, on Wednesday of this week.

Sgt. Ricard is survived by his wife, the former Marjorie Ailene Richardson of Winnfield; a two year old son, Henry, Jr.; his father, Frank Ricard, Natchitoches; one brother, F. J. Ricard, of Denham Springs; four sisters, Mrs. O. H. Miller, Natchitoches; Mrs. Lee J. Fontenot, Ville Platte; Mrs. Louis Keller, and Mrs. J. F. Lorio, both of Hahnville.

***I would like to thank Mimi Find A Grave ID 36100144 for adding her photo of Henry and his crew to this memorial***

***I would like to thank frédéric Lavernhe Find A Grave ID 48763008 for adding his photo of the gravesite to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Murphy Miller Find A Grave ID 47623203 for adding his photos to this memorial***

***I would like to thank WWII History Fan Find A Grave ID 48178484 for updating the inscription on this memorial***