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Personal info

Full name
RIDER, Richard Leroy
Date of birth
30 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
19129284
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
222nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 February 1945
Place of death
Wingen-sur-Moder, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 9 19

Immediate family

Members
Winfred L. Rider (father)
Ethel I. (Ralston) Rider (mother)
Florence J. Rider (sister)
Winifred L. Rider (sister)
Francis A. Rider (brother)

More information

Pfc Richard L. Rider attended college for three years before he joined the Regular Army in Los Angeles, California on 7 September 1942.
His brother Francis A. Rider is remembered at the Walls of the Missing at the American Military Cemetery in Manilla.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com
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