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Personal info

Full name
RICHARDSON, Ivan H
Date of birth
1 December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Jefferson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Norfolk County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33543931
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
Near Flammersheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 12 74

Immediate family

Members
Cecil G. Richardson (father)
Lura L. (Turner) Richardson (mother)
Evelyn O. Richardson (sister)
Byron L. Richardson (brother)

More information

Pvt Ivan H. Richardson enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 19 November 1943.
He was a flame cutter before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Block XXX, Row 3, Grave 48.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Richard Blunk, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1920/1930 Census / Kentucky Birth Index

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet