Born: September 16, 1921
Sergeant, United States Army Service# 20947805 B CO, 823RD TANK DESTROYER BATTALION
Date of Enlistment: September 16, 1940
Home or Place of Enlistment: Lewiston, Idaho Died: November 13, 1944 Killed in Action while conducting combat operations
against Nazi Germany Forces during World War II. |
A magnificent combat unit with very high morale and possessing fine qualities of heroism. On 7 August 1944, at Saint Barthelemy, Normandy, it was subjected to the brunt of the German attack which attempted to reach Avranches and to cut the Allied forces. In spite of heavy losses and under a rain of fire, Company B held courageously, and by the skilled maneuvering of its antitank arms, checked the dangerous enemy infiltration.
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