Flint B. Richards

Korean War
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POW
Fallen

County:
Cass

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Sergeant First Class

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company B

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
1st Battalion

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
38th Infantry Regiment

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
2nd Infantry Division
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater
Asiatic Pacific Theater
Korea

Circumstances:

 He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy in South Korea on February 12, 1951 and died while a prisoner on April 30, 1951.

Biography:

born Willow City, ND 28 Aug 11; resident Cass County, ND; entered AUS Ft Snelling, MN 17 Apr 42; served European African Middle Eastern and Asiatic Pacific Theaters; separated Camp Grant, Ill 14 Nov 45; PFC; entered AS Army Ft Lewis, Washington 23 Jul 48; served in Korea; KIA 30 Apr 51 Korea; memorialized on National Korean War Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.