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Lt. Richard Twombly,
US Army
127 North Chatsworth Avenue, Town of Mamaroneck
Age: 23
Attended Murray Avenue School, C’oeur d”Alene High School, Virginia
Military Institute
232nd Infantry, 42nd Division (“Rainbow” Division)
Awards: Purple Heart, Bronze Star
Lt. Twombly was killed in action in France on January 6, 1945, during
the Battle of the Bulge. He is buried in Arlington Cemetery alongside
his father, Lt. Col. Claude Twombly and his brother, Col. John Fogg Twombly,
III, also a recipient of the Bronze Star. |