Born: May 29, 1918
First Lieutenant, United States Army Service# 0-1284996 38TH INFANTRY REGIMENT,
2ND INFANTRY DIVISION “INDIANHEAD” Date of Enlistment: February 26, 1941
Home or Place of Enlistment: Paul, Idaho Died: December 20, 1944 Buried: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Plombières, Belgium Killed in Action while conducting combat operations against
Nazi Germany during the Battle of the Bulge. |
This Regiment possesses the finest military qualifications. In August 1944, it was charged with the taking of Brest and by skillful maneuvers and despite severe losses, succeeded in breaking down, one by one, the resistances protecting the city. In spite of the strenuous return fire of the enemy, it seized the peninsula of Daoulas, the support of Plougastel, and plunged into Brest next, driving from it a strong force that defended itself by fighting street by street, house by house.
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