Individual Details

22 Dec 1943 - Date of entry into the US Army 22 Dec 1943 44th Infantry Division 71st Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion Fox Company Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Good conduct medal, American Defense medal, European operation Medal, WW2 Victory Medal, Army of Occupation Medal.

The Odessa American, Odessa, TX, Mon. 2 Dec 1991, p.10
SEMINOLE - Services for Richard Brooks Kilgore Sr., 66 of Seminole, are scheduled for 1 pm Tuesday at the Seminole Community Chapel with the Rev. Mark Winn officiating.
A military graveside service will follow at Lamesa Cemetery.
Mr. Kilgore died Saturday at Lubbock Memorial Hospital. He was born 13 Jul 1925 in Dawson County.
.....Survivors include a son, Richard Brooks Kilgore, Jr.of Odessa; a daughter Dalene Young of Odessa; two sisters, Edna Haney of Seminole and Bell Little of Odessa; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Birth	13 Jul 1925	Lamesa, Dawson County, Texas
Marriage	26 Jun 1943	Dawson County, Texas - Delma Claudene Hackleman
Death	30 Nov 1991	Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas

Spouse	Delma Claudene Hackleman (1926 - 2018)
Child	Richard Brooks Kilgore Jr. (1944 - 1999)

Father	Richard Colbert Kilgore (1886 - 1948)
Mother	Bertha May Higginbotham (1890 - 1983)
Sibling	Bertha Bell Kilgore (1922 - 2002)