Turner Richards Family Tree

He graduated from Ravenna High School. He died on October 19, 1992 at the Mount Carmel Home in Kearney, Nebraska. He is buried in the Kearney Cemetery. He was a plumber by profession.

James was a sargeant in Battery B of 541st. Field Artillery Battalion. He enlisted on October 13, 1941 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was honorably discharged on October 18, 1948 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. In his separation report, James is described as being five feet ten inches in height, weighting one hundred seventy pounds, having brown hair and brown eyes. He earned: a Good Conduct Medal, two Bronze Battle Stars, American Theater Ribbon, American Defense Ribbon, and European African Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon.