Born: April 7, 1916
First Lieutenant, United States Army Service# 0-1303196 M CO, 3RD BATTALION, 38TH INFANTRY REGIMENT,
2ND INFANTRY DIVISION “INDIAN HEAD” Date of Enlistment: April 25, 1942
Home or Place of Enlistment: Boise, Idaho Died: September 8, 1944; Place: Brest, Bretagne, France Buried: Brittany American Cemetery, Saint James, Normandy, France Killed in Action while conducting combat operations against
Nazi Germany Forces during World War II. |
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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