Born: March 12, 1926
Private, United States Army Service# 39931918 B CO, 9TH ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION,
6TH ARMORED DIVISION “SUPER SIXTH” Date of Enlistment: June 26, 1944
Home or Place of Enlistment: Boise, Idaho Died: March 27, 1945 Killed in Action while conducting combat operations against
Nazi Germany Forces during World War II. |
A unit which distinguished itself by the courage and heroism of its members. In the course of the attack on a position in the neighborhood of Chambrey, district of Nancy, it rushed to the attack under enemy fire. Rushing into position, it drove the enemy out of it after fierce and deadly hand-to-hand combat. The glorious sacrifice of this unit made possible the resumption of the victorious march of the Allied forces.
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