Lester H. Richards

Courier-Post
Camden, New Jersey                                                                          May 5, 1945

MARINE OF PINE HILL KILLED IN CONFLICT
Five Other Servicemen Wounded; 
Another Listed as Prisoner

A Pine Hill Marine was reported killed in action yesterday, five other servicemen are listed as wounded, and one is reported as a prisoner of war. Two from South Jersey are among those liberated from enemy prison camps.
    In all cases, next of kin have previously have been notified, and in case of divergence from this list, the last word sent next of kin is always the appropriate final authority. 

Killed:

Pvt. Lester H. Richards, 20, USMCR, of Third Avenue, Pine Hill

Killed on Iwo

 Richards was killed in action on Iwo on March 4, his widow was notified. 
     He had been wounded on February 22.  A former member of the Pine Hill Police Department, he was a sergeant of civilian defense auxiliary police. He enlisted in the Marines in March 1944 and went overseas with the 4^th Marine Division. In addition to his widow, he is survived by a seven-year-old daughter, and two brothers, William and Robert, both in the armed forces.