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Casualty Info
Home Town San Antonio, Texas
Last Address Normandy, France
Casualty Date Jun 06, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location France
Conflict WWII - European Theater of Operations/Normandy Campaign (1944)
Location of Interment Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery (VA) - San Antonio, Texas
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Normandy Campaign (1944)
From Month/Year
June / 1944
To Month/Year
July / 1944
Description Normandy Campaign 6 June to 24 July 1944) Early on D-Day airborne troops landed in France to gain control of strategic areas. Aerial and naval bombardment followed. Then the invasion fleet, covered by an umbrella of aircraft, discharged Eisenhower’s assault forces. Soon the beachhead was secure, but its expansion was a slow and difficult process in the face of strong opposition. It was not until late in July that the Allies were able to break out of Normandy.
