Name: Richard V. Tiburzi
ASN: 31338358
Rank: Private first class
Entered the service from: New Haven, Connecticut
Service: 413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division
Died: November 21, 1944
Location: Fronhoven (Eschweiler), Germany
Buried at: Henri-
Plot: F, Row: 5, Grave: 32
Article top left: Original news paper clipping for the unvealing of the Lordship war memorial.
Photo above: The Lordship WWII memorial.
Photo left: The monument at Memorial Green in Lordship Center was dedicated on May 30, 1949 by the Stratford Volunteer Fire Company No. 3 to honor the six men from Lordship who died in combat in World War II. They are: Joseph W. Castello, William C. Hall, Robert J. Jacob, John L. Redmen, Frank L. Sharron and Richard V. Tiburzi.
Richard V. Tiburzi, son of Alphonzo and Francis Tiburzi, was born in Lordship, Connecticut in 1925. He has a younger brother named Leroy. Richard enlisted for the army on August 3, 1943. He was put in Company I of the 413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division, ‘the Timberwolves’. On September 7 1944, the 104th Infantry Division landed, directly from the United States, on Omaha beach, France. Richard saw action in the Netherlands and Germany, where he was killed in action on November 21 1944.
Richard’s company received heavy mortar fire during their attack on Fronhoven (Eschweiler) in Germany. The enemy attempted a counter attack with infantry and three tanks in support. Eight other members of Company I, 413th Infantry Regiment, were killed in action.
Sooren Alemian, John Dyrdahn, Joseph Gernan, Kenneth Nelson, Robert Strenger, Francis Sullivan and Carl Widhalm (died of his wounds)
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