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Personal info

Full name
SERNA, Richard Coleman
Date of birth
15 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Rincon, Dona Ana County, New Mexico
Hometown
Silver City, Grant County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38580326
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Near Wolfskirchen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 14 17

Immediate family

Members
Jose B. Serna (father)
Margarita (Coleman) Serna (mother)
Edison C. Serna (brother)
David Serna (brother)
Mary L. Serna (sister)
George C. Serna (brother)

More information

Pvt Richard C. Serna attended high school for three years and was a student before he enlisted at Fort Bliss, Texas on 5 April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com
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