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First Name:	Richard	edit
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Last Name:	Kemper	edit
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Date of Birth:	Jan. 20, 1920	edit
Date of Death:	Aug. 6, 1944	edit
Home Town:	Larchmont	edit
Home State:	N.Y.	edit
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Class Year:	1941	edit
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Conflict/Era:	World War II	edit
Branch of Service:	Army	edit
Rank:	First Lieutenant	edit

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Kemper entered the University from the Taft School in Connecticut in 1936.

He was a first lieutenant in Company “A,” 60th Infantry Regiment, Ninth Infantry Division. The regiment entered Normandy over Utah Beach on June 10, 1944, and immediately attacked to close off the Cotentin Peninsula, penetrating to Cherbourg.

Rested, the division took part in the St Lo breakout and helped to seal the Falaise Pocket. Kemper was killed in action during the fighting in the Falaise area.

Sources:
GAA Alumni Records;
www.60thinfantry.com/unit%20history.htm

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