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Mausoleum marker for Alvis L. Richmond in the Lakeview,
Roses Mausoleum at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake (Chesapeake
City), Virginia. Alvis, a West Virginia native,
enlisted in the Army at Richmond, VA on 4 March 1943.
Following basic and jump school, Alvis was shipped
overseas to a replacement depot. On 4 April 1944 he was
transferred to Hq Hq, 508th in Nottingham, England.
Pvt Richmond made the jump into Normandy on d-Day and
was seriously wounded two days later, 8 June 1944. He was evaluated to
the 94th General Hospital, Bristol England. He was probably
transferred to still another hospital in northern England or in
Scotland.
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23 August 1944 he departed Prestwick, Scotland aboard an overnight TWA
charter flight arriving the following day at Mitchel Field, NY. He
was #14 on the manifest.
Once back in the states he underwent further treatment
and was not discharged until 13 July 1945. |
