WWII

Leroy Rudolph Richter

Rate / Rank
Sergeant

Birthdate
July 3 1906

Date of Death
November 20 1943

Branch
USMC

Active Duty Service
October 16 1928 - November 20 1943

Conflicts & Campaigns

Guadalcanal

Significant Duty Stations

2nd Marine Division

Decorations & Citations

Purple Heart (KIA November 20, 1943)
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with one battle star

Notes

US Marine Corps Service Number 219-416. Home of record; RFD Route 2, Cairo, Georgia. Brother of 2nd LT Horace Edwin Richter US Army. Killed in action during invasion assault on Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. Person notified was Mother, Mrs. Lola Harper Richter, Rt. 2, Cairo, Georgia. Buried in Marine Corps Cemetery, Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands. Moved to Honolulu Memorial Cemetery, Plot N Row Grave 13, Honolulu, Hawaii.