35th Infantry (Cacti) Regiment Association


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  PVT Louis P. Richards    In memory of our fallen brother

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"



35th Infantry Regiment
World War II


"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"





The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, PVT Louis P. Richards, who died in the service of his country on January 15th, 1942 in Hawaii. The cause of death was listed as Accidental Shooting. At the time of his death Louis was 20 years of age. He was from New York City, New York.

The decorations earned by PVT Louis P. Richards include: the Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.


Burial:
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Honolulu
Honolulu County
Hawaii, USA
Plot: M, 67

According to military hospital records, he was admitted from Schofield Barracks for care of a bullet wound to his humerus that he suffered in the line of duty. He originally was reinterred at the Schofield Barracks cemetery and reinterred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in 1949 after it was opened.