Born: September 12, 1921
First Sergeant, United States Army Service# 20927377 183RD FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION
(155MM HOWITZER) Home or Place of Enlistment: Rigby, Idaho
Date of Loss: July 28, 1944 Place: Coutances, Basse-Normandie, France Buried: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, Normandy, France Killed in Action while conducting combat operations against
Nazi Germany during Operation Overlord. |
A splendid unit which attracted particular attention at the Point-Brocard region (France) on 28 July 1944. It was attacked by important enemy elements which, hard-pressed by the 3d Armored Division, were endeavoring to break through at any cost. It put up a magnificent resistance and compelled the enemy to break off combat, leaving numerous dead on the field.
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