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Haller, Dempsey W., Sgt.
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Home Town Parsons
Date of Passing Sep 01, 1985
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SGT DEMPSEY W. HALLER FROM PARSONS, TUCKER COUNTY, WV WAS EMPLOYED AS A TOPEGRAPHICAL DRAFTSMAN BEFORE JOINING THE ARMY ON 26 NOVEMBER 1940. HE WAS ASSIGNED HEAD QUARTERS COMPANY, 26TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION. UPON ARRIVING IN ENGLAND ON 7 AUGUST 1942 HE FOUGHT IN THE CAMPAIGNS OF ALGERIA FRENCH MOROCCO, TUNISIA, SICILY, THE D-DAY LANDINGS OF NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE AND RHINELAND. SGT HALLER ARRIVED BACK IN THE U.S. ON 11 JUNE 1945 AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 16 JUNE 1945. SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX LISTS HIS DEATH AS 01 SEPTEMBER 1985 IN MONTROSE, RANDOLPH COUNTY, WV.
WWII - Africa Theater of Operations/Algeria-French Morocco Campaign (1942)
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November / 1942
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November / 1942
Description (Algeria-French Morocco Campaign 8-11 November 1942) Three days after their victory at El Alamein the Allies opened a new front with an assault on Algeria and French Morocco. Twelfth Air Force, with some units based on Gibraltar, some aboard the invasion fleet, and some bearing paratroops from England, entered combat at this time. The campaign was brkf, for the French in Algeria and French Morocco offered little resistance to the invaders.)
