Born: September 14, 1924
Private, United States Army Service# 37736701 B CO, 23RD ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION,
7TH ARMORED DIVISION “LUCKY SEVENTH” Date of Enlistment: March 13, 1944
Home or Place of Enlistment: Nampa, Idaho Died: October 8, 1944 Buried: Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Killed in Action while conducting combat operations against
Nazi Germany Forces during World War II. |
A magnificent unit, full of dash. After operating at an advanced point of the 7th Armored Division from 14 to 31 August 1944, from Mons to Metz, seizing almost without any destruction, 15 important French cities, the unit then gave bloody battle for 6 days on the Moselle, succeeding, in spite of considerable losses, in establishing a bridgehead at Arnaville, assembly area for the attack which liberated Metz.
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