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Personal info

Full name
RICHARDT, Robert Earl
Date of birth
20 January 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42006450
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
Koecking Woods, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 29 52

Immediate family

Members
John W. Richardt (father)
Louisa C. (Martinka) Richardt (mother)
John W. Richardt Jr. (brother)
Irwin L. Richardt (brother)

More information

Pfc Robert E. Richardt attended high school for three years before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 27 July 1943.

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

He is remembered at the Liberty Corner, New Jersey.

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 / Richardt Family Tree, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - PopArt
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - PopArt