2LT
Richard H Wells
Aged 26, fallen January 9, 1945
- Unit
- Anti-Tank Company, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 1314699
- Hometown
- Sonoma, California
- Date of death
- January 9, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Lorraine American Cemetery, Plot K Row 37 Grave 24, St. Avold, France
Second Lieutenant Richard H Wells, serial number 1314699, of Sonoma, California, served with the Anti-Tank Company of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 9, 1945, at the age of 26. He is buried at Lorraine American Cemetery, Plot K Row 37 Grave 24, St. Avold, France.
Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.
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