2Lt Richard Andrew Willits (1918-1944)

2Lt Richard Andrew Willits Veteran

Birth

3 Nov 1918

Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, USA

Death

1 Dec 1944 (aged 26)

Tavaux, Departement du Jura, Franche-Comté, France

Burial

Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial

Epinal, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France Add to Map

Plot

A 17 21

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He was flying a P-47 when he was killed while taking off from an airfield in Dole-Tavaux, in the Jura Department of France.

Gravesite Details

Entered the Service from Iowa.

Family Members

Parents

Andrew Ammi Willits

1889–1965
Estella Mae Fortney Willits

1894–1966

Spouse

Venita Catherine Joynt Willits

1918–2016 (m. 1942)

Siblings

Alverda M Willits

1913 – unknown
Anita Belle Willits Gell

1915–2017
Robert Otis Willits

1917–2009

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Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1947
Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925
1920 United States Federal Census
1930 United States Federal Census
Iowa, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1999

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Estella Mae Fortney Willits

Venita Catherine Joynt Willits

Alverda M Willits

Anita Belle Willits Gell

Robert Otis Willits

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Andrew Ammi Willits

Estella Mae Fortney Willits

Venita Catherine Joynt Willits

Alverda M Willits

Anita Belle Willits Gell

Robert Otis Willits

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