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PRIVATE
FIRST CLASS RICHARD J. THORPE of 2300 Broadway in Camden NJ, was
killed in action while serving with the 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division
on December 20, 1944 in Luxembourg.
Richard
J. Thorpe Was born in Massachusetts in 1919. He had two years of high
school and was living in Windham County, Connecticut when he enlisted in
the United States Army Reserves for one year on September 18, 1940 in
New York City, New York. He was single at the time of his enlistment.
Richard Thorpe apparently completed his term of service and had moved to
Camden, where he found work at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation
shipyards, across the street from where he made his home. He
subsequently was called back to active duty, and in time assigned to the
110th Infantry Regiment, 28th infantry Division.
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