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Rank: |
1st Lieutenant |
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Service Branch: |
U.S. Army |
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Serial Number: |
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Division: |
79th Infantry Division ("Cross of Lorraine") |
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Regiment: |
314th Infantry |
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Function: |
Not known |
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Status: |
Killed in Action |
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Date of death: |
September 22, 1944 |
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Place of death: |
Belgium |
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Age at death: |
27 |
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Awards: |
Bronze Star, Purple Heart |
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Burial 1: |
US Military Cemetery, Andilly, France |
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Reburial: |
Riverside Cemetery |
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Born: |
December 30, 1916 |
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Hometown: |
Hamer (Gaddy's Mill), South Carolina |
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Additional information: |
Graduate of Clemson College (Class of 1939). Taught in Centenary High School until called to active duty on
February 11, 1942. Went through extensive training until sent to England in April 1944. The 79th Infantry Division
landed on Utah Beach in Normandy June 6, 1944 (D-Day), battled the German army to take Cherbourg on June 25,
took La Haye du Puits in house-to-house fighting on July 8 ...
crossed the Belgium frontier near St. Amand and took Charmes in heavy street fighting on September 12, 1944. |
Research by: Victoria Proctor, genealogist Sources: Dillon County War Memorial, NARA, The State (November 4, 1944 issue), The Dillon Herald (October 12, 1944, November 30, 1944, and April 14, 1949 issues), Clemson University Back to WWII Veterans Index Page Copyright © 2014 Victoria Proctor. All rights reserved. |