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Personal info

Full name
HAMMOND, Richard D
Date of birth
15 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan
Hometown
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36420567
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 September 1944
Place of death
Pont-Saint-Vincent, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 22 26

Immediate family

Members
Charles A. Hammond (father)
Mary E. (Cady) Hammond (mother)
Charles C. Hammond (brother)
Gerry H. Hammond (brother)
Phyllis I. Hammond (sister)
Roger L. Hammond (brother)
Craig E. Hammond (brother)

More information

Pfc Richard D. Hammond attended high school for three years and was a stock clerk before he enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 19 January 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Uthehome Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux
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