Name |
Getter M. Richard |
Rank |
Captain |
Serial # |
O-450282 |
Company |
H |
Unit |
36AIR |
Servicebranch |
Infantry |
State, City |
Minnesota, St. Paul |
Date of birth |
1916-10-01 |
Date of death |
1944-09-21 |
Place of death |
Mausbach area, Germany |
Cause of death |
Killed in Action |
Plot,Row,Grave |
G, 13, 47 |
Cemetery |
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium,Google Maps |
Temporary Cemetery |
Fosse Belgium J-9-167 Buried 23 September 14:00 |
Awards |
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Remarks |
Capt Getter commander of H company and Capt Vaughan commander of I company where killed during a meeting by an enemy shell.
The shell fell in front of a pillbox in the woods west of Mausbach Germany.
Several other men where wounded but made it. |