Elizabeth Ann Richardson (1918–1945) was a volunteer for the

American Red Cross The American Red Cross (ARC), also known as the American National Red Cross, is a non-profit humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States. It is the desi ...

who served in a Clubmobile serving coffee and

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s to US troops during the

invasion of France France has been invaded on numerous occasions, by foreign powers or rival French governments; there have also been unimplemented invasion plans. * the 1746 War of the Austrian Succession, Austria-Italian forces supported by the British navy attemp ...

in the Second World War. She was killed in a Piper Cub plane crash near Rouen when flying to Paris in 1945 and is now one of the four women to be buried in the

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial (french: Cimetière américain de Colleville-sur-Mer) is a World War II cemetery and memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, that honors American troops who died in Europe during World War II. ...

. The other three women honored with burials there are African Americans who had served in the Army's unique 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, and been killed in a Jeep accident.

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1918 births 1945 deaths American Red Cross personnel American women civilians in World War II Milwaukee-Downer College alumni People from Akron, Ohio People from Mishawaka, Indiana American civilians killed in World War II {{women-hist-stub