Richard B. Hoar1

M, #22841, b. Sep 8, 1922, d. Oct 13, 1988
Pedigree
ChartsHoar Descendants Chart
Father*John Montrose Hoar1 b. Nov 12, 1891, d. Jul 19, 1952
Mother*Leonora Manchester1 b. Nov 28, 1891, d. Jan 18, 1972

Family

Edith Hosier b. Dec 14, 1924, d. Oct 28, 2011
Children

Chronological Events

Birth*Sep 8, 1922 Richard B. Hoar was born on Sep 8, 1922 at Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States.1,2 
 He was the son of John Montrose Hoar and Leonora Manchester.1 
Name VariationSep 8, 1922 Richard was also known as Richard B. Kent. 
Marriage*Jun 2, 1949 He married Edith Hosier on Jun 2, 1949 at Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, United States.2,3 
Residence*1952 Richard B. Hoar lived in 1952 at Corrales, Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States. 
Death*Oct 13, 1988 He died on Oct 13, 1988, at age 66 at Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States.2 
ObituaryOct 14, 1988  OBITUARY: RICHARD B. KENT, was a Tec4 (SGT) in the U.S. Army, who photographed the liberation of the Dachau and the Bergen-Belson concentration camps in Germany at the end of World War II, has died at his home in Albuquerque, NM. He was 66.

As an Army Signal Corps newsreel photographer, Kent also took some of the first photos of the Normandy invasion on D-Day and of the liberation of Paris.

Hundreds of the official Holocaust pictures he took in the camps at the end of the war were recorded on film by the Army.

His death Wednesday came after a long illness.

“Photography was his life, but he always said that photography was his hobby, “ said Edie his wife of 39 years.

Among his photographs of famous people and events were those of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin at the Potsdam Conference.

Kent also photographed the takeoff of the first balloon flight the Atlantic Ocean in 1978 and the first balloon flight across North America in 1990.

Information was provided from an unknown source.3
 
Burial*Oct 16, 1988 He was buried on Oct 16, 1988 at Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 97130195
Plot: W3-B179.4 

Military *

 

Listed as a Military Veteran who served in wartime combat in World War 2.

 

Citations

  1. [S802] Site - Ancestry.com, online at http://www.ancestry.com
  2. [S728] Personal Knowledge - Kent, Jason, online at e-mail address.
  3. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  4. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves, #79.
  5. [S201] Document (E-Mail) in Possession of Malcolm McKown.