US PARAS Dews, Richard Walter

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Dews​

• FORENAME

Richard Walter​

• UNIT

503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ 1)​

• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

39198056​

• DATE OF DEATH

19th February 1945​

• AGE

27​

• GRAVESITE

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot L, Row 8, Grave 60​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 08.03.1917 Sumner, Washington, USA​

father Walter Marion Dews (1871-1944)​

mother Maude May Dews (1878-1964)​

3 years college​

attended College of Puget Sound, Tacoma​

civil occupation Messenger​

employed by Supply Department, U.S. Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

resided 4222 Brooklyn, Seattle, King County, Washington (draft card)​

16.10.1940 draft card King County, Washington​

12.01.1943 entered service Tacoma, Washington​

KIA Corregidor Island​

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