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Personal info

Full name
HARTZELL, Richard Lee
Date of birth
5 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35322985
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 6 15

Immediate family

Members
Oliver A. Hartzell (father)
Anna Hartzell (mother)

More information

T/4 Richard L. Hartzell graduated from West Technical High School and was employed by the National Carbon Company.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 31 August 1942.

T/4 Hartzell was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Margraten, Netherlands Block O, Row 1, Grave 19.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Ohio Birth Index / 1930 census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet / Patti Johnson