Name/Title
Richard L. VanFleet Field BagEntry/Object ID
Gear2023.7Description
Richard L. VanFleet
ASN: 35543825
1943
Headquarters Company
4th Armored Signal Battalion
Date of Enlistment: January 24, 1943
Place of Enlistment: Toledo, Ohio
Date of Discharge:
Place of Discharge:
Date of Birth: September 11, 1923
Place of Birth: Sylvania, Ohio
Date of Death: January 25, 2019
Place of Death: Scranton, Pennsylvania
“Richard L. VanFleet, 95, of Dalton, died Friday at Carbondale Nursing and Rehabilitation. He was the husband of Esther L. Smith VanFleet, who died in 2017. The couple had been married 71 years.
Born Sept. 11, 1923, son of the late Leland and Edna Kroll VanFleet, he graduated from Burnham High School, Sylvania, Ohio in 1942.
He was a World War II veteran, serving in the Invasion of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge. He worked as a dairy farmer in Benton Twp., where he served on the Planning Commission. He was self-employed as an electrical/refrigeration contractor and worked for Elk Mountain.”Made/Created
Manufacturer
Atlantic Products CorporationCreate Date
September 24, 2023Update Date
March 7, 2025
