MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Richardson, David Bacon

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Richardson​

• FORENAME

David Bacon​

• UNIT

HQ attached (combat correspondent,YANK-The Army Weekly)​

• RANK

Technical Sergeant​

• NUMBER

32059176​

• AWARD

Legion of Merit,Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster​

• PLACE

Burma 1944​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Essex County,New Jersey​

born 13.7.1916 Maplewood,New Jersey​

son of Percy Bacon and Elizabeth (nee Jones) Richardson​

graduated Indiana University (B.A.) 1940​

clerk,New York Herald Tribune in civilian life​

enlisted 10.2.1941 Newark,New Jersey​

discharged 1945​

civilian foreign correspondent postwar (retired 1982)​

resided 4301 Massachusetts Avenue NW,Washington,D.C. (1985)​

died 25.1.2005 Washington,D.C.​

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Columbarium 1​

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