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Personal info

Full name
DUNN, Richard James
Date of birth
30 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Baltimore, Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33565623
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
68th Armored Infantry Battalion,
14th Armored Division,
Military Police Platoon
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 April 1945
Place of death
Near Gräfendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 24 34

Immediate family

Members
Thomas A. Dunn (father)
Goldie E. Dunn (mother)
Francis Dunn (sister)
Charles E. Dunn (brother)
Thomas F. Dunn (brother)
Melvin J. Dunn (brother)
Dorothy Dunn (sister)

More information

Pfc Richard J. Dunn attended high school for one year before he enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 20 March 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, http://14thad.org, www.newspapers.com – The Baltimore Sun 1 April 1945

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