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Personal info

Full name
IVERS, Richard Hampson
Date of birth
21 February 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Winner, Tripp County, South Dakota
Hometown
Winner, Tripp County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
37474289
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Augsburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 2 21

Immediate family

Members
Paul J. Ivers (father)
Agnes J. (Hampson) Ivers (mother)
Jack Ivers (brother)
Granville Ivers (brother)
Beverly Ivers (sister)
Ida L. Ivers (sister)
Elna G. Ivers (sister)
Louns C. Ivers (brother)

More information

Cpl Richard H. Ivers attended high school for two years and was employed by the J.D. Penny & Company New York Company before he enlisted on 30 June 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire in the neck.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
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