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Home Town Thomas
Date of Passing Jul 31, 1978
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SERGEANT DAVID A. CLOSE JR. WAS EMPLOYED AS A MACHINIST APPRENTICE NEAR CUMBERLAND MARYLAND BEFORE ENLISTING IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE ON 15 JANUARY 1942. HE TRAINED BILOXI MISSISSIPPI BEFORE SHIPPING OVERSEAS. WHILE OVERSEAS HE SERVED WITH THE 419TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 301ST BOMBARDMENT GROUP FROM 6 AUGUST 1942 TO 8 JUNE 1945. ON 16 SEPTEMBER 1945 SGT CLOSE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED. THE SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX LISTS HIS DATE OF PASSING AS JULY 1978.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Naples-Foggia Campaign (1943-44)
From Month/Year
August / 1943
To Month/Year
January / 1944
Description (Naples-Foggia Campaign 18 Aug 1943-21 Jan 1944 (Air); 9 Sep 1943-21 Jan 1944 (Ground) After Allied bombardment of communications and airfields in Italy, Montgomery crossed the Strait of Messina on 3 September 1943 and started northward. Five days later Eisenhower announced that the Italian Government had surrendered. Fifth Army, under Clark, landed at Salerno on g September and managed to stay despite furious counterattacks. By 18 September the Germans were withdrawing northward. On 27 September Eighth Army occupied the important airfields of Foggia, and on I October Fifth Army took Naples. As the Allies pushed up the peninsula, the enemy slowed the advance and brought it to a halt at the Gustav Line.
