Name:
Ward F. Richards
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
Unit:
52nd Bomber Squadron, 29th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy)
Date of Death:
1945-03-10
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Nisky Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot:
Section O
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:
Ward F. Richards Jr. was born on September 28, 1925. He was the son of Ward F. Richards and Julia G. Clause Richards.
He served in the 52nd Bomber Squadron, 29th Bombardment Group, Very Heavy, as a Corporal and gunner of B-29-30-BA Superfortress #42-63564 during World War II. He was Killed in Action on March 10, 1945, when the aircraft made a navigational error and crashed into Mt. Fubo.