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Personal info

Full name
WELLS, Richard Hutson
Date of birth
19 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Stevensville, Ravalli County, Montana
Hometown
Sonoma, Sonoma County, California

Military service

Service number
O1314699
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
242nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 37 24

Immediate family

Members
Bruce H. Wells (father)
Stella D. (Hutson) Wells (mother)

More information

2nd Lt Richard H. Wells attended college for three years and was a pressman and plate printer before he enlisted in San Francisco, California on 3 April 1941.

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

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