WILLIAM D. RICHARDSON
b. Sept 7, 1925 Mich d. May 31, 1945 Died
Non Battle England
Sgt 16130658 Army
Buried: Grand Lawn Cemetery, Detroit
Parents: William Elbert & Helen Alice (Milner)
Siblings: Gerald Wayne
Father William was born 1898 in Gouverneur, New
York. His family moved to Detroit before 1920, continuing a long tradition of
settlement in Michigan by people from New York state. The worked in a paper
mill and auto factory. Helen was born in Michigan 1903. When they married in
1923 in Detroit both worked as clerks. William went on to become a clerk at
Edison Co. They are also buried at Grand Lawn Cemetery with their son.
They had a lovely house on 15505 Coyle, built 1929.
Young William graduated from Redford in June 1943 and enlisted in the army the
same year. There are varying death dates for William D., but this is the date
on his grave. An article in the school newspaper ‘The Outpost’ provides the
most information: his rank, enlistment date, graduation date and that he died
in an airplane accident. The Outpost published a column called Gold Stars updating information about servicemen. And there is his gravestone which reads “Dear Son...Killed in
England”. Nor is he listed as a graduate in the January 1943 yearbook (June 1943 not available). It seems there should be something more...
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