Rank: Sergeant
Unit: Troop A, 44th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 11th Cavalry Group (Mecz)
Awards: Purple Heart Medal
Entered service: 12-Sep-1940
Enlisted: Richmond, Virginia
Enlisted by: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Date of birth: 10-Aug-1922
Hometown: Wise County, Virginia
Marital status: Single, without dependents. Parents: Ira T Richards and Naomi M [Short] (Richards) Moneyhun
Campaign: World War II
Date of casualty: 25-Jan-1945
Age at death: 22
Cause of death: Killed in action.
Location of fatality: Lindern, Germany
Place of interment: Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands
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