Name and Rank, Private Charles B. Richardson.
Unit/Placed in, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division “Blue and Gray”.
Charles was born on Dec 31, 1924 in Hart County, Kentucky.
Father, Loyd Thurman Richardson.
Mother, Mary Lee (Davis) Richardson.
Sister(s), Marjorie Martha Richardson.
Brothers, Stanford Price, Cleon Davis, Ralph Thurman, Jack Allen and Franklin Ralph Richardson
He Enlisted the Army at Louisville, Kentucky, at Nov. 4,1943.
Charles B. Richardson was a Rifleman in the 175th Infantry Regiment.
Charles was KIA when in the Fights over the Town off Bettendorf-Schleiden, Germany, on Nov. 18, 1944, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.
Charles is buried at the American War Cemetery, Margraten, Holland.
There is a Memorial for him added a Horse Cave Municipal Cemetery, Kentucky
Thanks to the 29th website http://www.29thdivisionassociation.com/
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G9Q2-T56
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/
Military Recovery, https://www.dpaa.mil/
Nov. 16, 1944: Massed artillery hurled tremendous preparation fires. Tanks rumbled out in roaring escort. The 29th Division surged across cabbage patches and beet fields along a line that ran through Bettendorf, Oidtweiler and Baseweiler.
This was the big push through the Siegfried Line aimed at the Roer River and Julich, last barriers before the Cologne Plain. Ninth Army had waited days for the attack. Dark, rainy skies had grounded air support. Now, the sky was clear and Aldenhoven and Julich were being saturated with bombs.
The 116th and 175th moved abreast, gaining three miles in three days of rugged fighting. The assault pounded through the towns of Siersdorf, Schleiden, Aldenhoven, Setterich and Durboslar which formed the outer defenses of Julich. The Roer River towns of Koslar, Bourheim and Kirchberg still were to be taken before the river could be crossed and the prize city of Julich taken.
