US PARAS Eckman, Richard Emmett

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Eckman ​

• FORENAME

Richard Emmett​

• UNIT

508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company A) ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

13093399 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

6th June 1944 ​

• AGE

28​

• GRAVESITE

Greenwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. Evans Section​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania​

born 12.07.1915 Gap, Pennsylvania, USA​

father George Raymond Eckman (1893-1941)​

mother Mary Pearl (nee Troop) Eckman (1891-1976)​

wife Catherine (nee Wein) (1923-2019)​

4 years high school​

graduated Lancaster High School​

civil occupation skilled mechanic and repairmen​

employed at Middletown Air Depot​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

12.10.1942 entered service Harrisburg, Pennsylvania​

KIA Normandy ​

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