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Souder Richard Wilburn

Name:
Richard Wilburn Souder
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
17078860
Unit:
753rd Tank Battalion
Date of Death:
1944-09-08
State:
Nebraska
Cemetery:
Epinal American Cemetery, Dinozé, France
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:

Born 12 July 1944 in Nebraska Lived in Lincoln County, Nebraska before the war. Enlisted 25 August 1942 at For Crook, Nebraska. Declared MIA when his tank was hit by a German 88mm Cannon causing the entire crew to be incinerated by the blast. He died at the age of 21. He also has a cenotaph located in Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Lincoln County, Nebraska.