Ralph E. Richardson Jr.

World War II
Service #14073773
Unit329th Bomber Squadron, 93rd Bomber Group, Heavy
RankTechnical Sergeant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From South Carolina
Date of DeathAugust 1 1943
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
329th Bomber Squadron, 93rd Bomber Group, Heavy
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Technical Sergeant Ralph E. Richardson were accounted for in 2022. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Tablets of the Missing” at the Florence American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.