WWII

Horace Edwin Richter

Rate / Rank
1st LT

Birthdate
May 31 1919

Date of Death
February 12 1985

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
February 16 1943 -

Conflicts & Campaigns

Philippines

Significant Duty Stations

Enlisted; Fort McPherson, Georgia. Coast Artillery Corps; Camp Hulen, Texas and Fort Hood, Texas

Decorations & Citations

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; Philippine Liberation Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Expert Infantry Badge

Notes

Born; Grady County, Georgia. Commissioned; September 23, 1943. Center, Cairo High football, team captain 1936, All South-Georgia Honor Team 1935 and 1936. Graduated Cairo High School Class of 1937. Graduated Mercer School of Law, 1942. Assistant football coach to John Herndon, Cairo High School, 1942. Mercer University Sports Hall of Fame. Brother of Sergeant Leroy Rudolph Richter USMC (KIA). Burial; Shadowlawn Cemetery, LaGrange, Georgia.