Norman Joseph Richard

Marine Corps Regular | Service Number 408829

Born

December 29, 1922
in Spender, MA

Parents

Joseph Odilon Richard
Anna Mae (Ethier) Richard

School

South High School
Assumption College

Pre-War Employment

H. H. Brown Shoe Company

Entered Service

May 25, 1942
at Boston, MA

Joined First Battalion

December 29, 1942
from Marine Barracks Parris Island

Left First Battalion

June 16, 1944
Killed in action at Saipan

Left Service

June 16, 1944
Killed in action

Home Address and Next of Kin

106 Illinois Street, Worcester, MA – home of parents, Joseph & Anna Richard

Service & Campaigns

Before joining battalion

Enlisted at Boston, MA, 25 May 1942; boot camp at Parris Island with Third Recruit Battalion. Outposted to Field Music School, 28 July 1942; under instruction through December 1942.

Joined Charlie Company, First Separate Battalion (Reinforced) at New River, NC, 29 December 1942.

Roi-Namur

Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Field Music First Class
MOS: 803 (Field Music)

Campaign Narrative

Saipan

Outfit: C/1/24th Marines
Rank: Field Music First Class
MOS: 803 (Field Music)
Important Events:
June 16, 1944 – killed in action (shrapnel wounds); exact circumstances unknown.
June 22, 1944 – buried Plot 3, Row 4, Grave 516, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery

Campaign Narrative