Profiles of Our Honorees
Profiles of Our Honorees
Lt. Richard M. Kemper, US Army
“His joviality is both consistent and infectious.”
1937 MHS Yearbook
155 Beach Avenue, Larchmont
Age: 24
Mamaroneck High School Class of 1937
University of North Carolina Class of 1941
Commander, Company A, 60th Infantry, 9th Division of the First Army
Lt. Kemper was killed in action in Normandy on August 6, 1944, while leading an attack on an enemy machine gun nest. He had only served for three weeks in the executive office of his company.