ACTIVITY DURING WWII
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WITH COMPANY G, 311TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 78TH INFANTRY DIVISION. ENTERED COMBAT IN MID-DECEMBER AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN VICINITY OF LAMMERSDORF, GERMANY ON 7 FEBRUARY 1945. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL POSTHUMOUSLY AND WAS OTHERWISE ENTITLED TO THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE BATTLE STARS AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. BURIED WITH HONORS AT THE IOOF CEMETERY, XENIA, ILLINOIS. HONORED ALSO AT THE WWII MEMORIAL IN FLORA, ILLINOIS.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
World War II Memorial
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WITH COMPANY G, 311TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 78TH INFANTRY DIVISION. ENTERED COMBAT IN MID-DECEMBER AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN VICINITY OF LAMMERSDORF, GERMANY ON 7 FEBRUARY 1945. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL POSTHUMOUSLY AND WAS OTHERWISE ENTITLED TO THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE BATTLE STARS AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. BURIED WITH HONORS AT THE IOOF CEMETERY, XENIA, ILLINOIS. HONORED ALSO AT THE WWII MEMORIAL IN FLORA, ILLINOIS.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
World War II Memorial
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ACTIVITY DURING WWII
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WITH COMPANY G, 311TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 78TH INFANTRY DIVISION. ENTERED COMBAT IN MID-DECEMBER AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN VICINITY OF LAMMERSDORF, GERMANY ON 7 FEBRUARY 1945. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL POSTHUMOUSLY AND WAS OTHERWISE ENTITLED TO THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE BATTLE STARS AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. BURIED WITH HONORS AT THE IOOF CEMETERY, XENIA, ILLINOIS. HONORED ALSO AT THE WWII MEMORIAL IN FLORA, ILLINOIS.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
World War II Memorial
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WITH COMPANY G, 311TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 78TH INFANTRY DIVISION. ENTERED COMBAT IN MID-DECEMBER AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN VICINITY OF LAMMERSDORF, GERMANY ON 7 FEBRUARY 1945. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL POSTHUMOUSLY AND WAS OTHERWISE ENTITLED TO THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE BATTLE STARS AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. BURIED WITH HONORS AT THE IOOF CEMETERY, XENIA, ILLINOIS. HONORED ALSO AT THE WWII MEMORIAL IN FLORA, ILLINOIS.
(This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
World War II Memorial
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Gravesite Details
Ill. Pfc. 311 Inf. WWII
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