DOB/DOD: September 14, 1926 (Torrington, CT) – March 11, 1945; 18 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: Rural Free Delivery (RFD) 1, Bakerville section of New Hartford, CTENLISTMENT: September 15, 1943, in Springfield, Massachusetts, the day after his 17th birthdaySERVICE NUMBER: 547943UNIT: Company C, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0746, Automatic RiflemanContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS RICHARD “RICHIE” BARELLA; MARINE CORPS”
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