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Propst, Elmer Floyd, Pfc.
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Home Town Moore
Date of Passing Jun 29, 1952
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ELMER FLOYD PROPST WAS EMPLOYED WITH THE WESTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD NEAR PARSONS WEST VIRGINIA BEFORE ENTERING THE SERVICE ON 23 NOVEMBER 1942. HE SERVED IN EUROPE WITH COMPANY "A" 713TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION FROM 30 JULY 1944 TO 26 SEPTEMBER 1945. ON 11 OCTOBER 1945 PFC PROPST WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT FORT MEADE MARYLAND. ELMER PROPST PASSED AWAY FROM HEART DISEASE ON 29 JUNE 1952 IN PARSONS WEST VIRGINNIA. HE WAS LAID TO REST AT THE MOORE CEMETERY IN TUCKER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA.
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Southern France Campaign (1944)
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August / 1944
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September / 1944
Description (Southern France Campaign 15 August to 14 September 1944) While the Germans were retreating in Italy in the summer of 1944, the Allies diverted some of their strength in the theater to the invasion of Southern France. After preliminary bombardment, a combined seaborne-airborne force landed on the French Riviera on 15 August. Marseilles having been taken, Sevmth Army advanced up the Rhone Valley and by mid-September was in touch with Allied forces that had entered France from the north.
