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Personal info

Full name
RICHCREEK, Lloyd Russell
Date of birth
2 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Syracuse, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Hometown
Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36420382
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Leyr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 19 21

Immediate family

Members
Orvie W. Richcreek (father)
Lottie J. (Mock) Richcreek (mother)
Devon J. Richcreek (brother)
Dorothy M. Richcreek (sister)
Dallas U. Richcreek (brother)

More information

Sgt Lloyd R. Richcreek attended high school for three years and was employed at the Kirsch Manufacturing Company before he enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 19 January 1943.

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, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
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