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Casualty Info
Home Town Kenedy
Last Address San Antonio, Texas
Casualty Date Dec 19, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location Belgium
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment U.S. Military Academy West Point Post Cemetery (VLM) - West Point, New York
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Ardennes Alsace Campaign (1944-45)
From Month/Year
December / 1944
To Month/Year
February / 1945
Description (Ardennes Alsace Campaign 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945) During their offensive in the Ardennes the Germans drove into Belgium and Luxembourg, creating a great bulge in the line. For some time the weather was bad, but when it cleared the Allies could send their planes to assist their ground forces by bombing and strafing the enemy’s columns, dropping paratroops and supplies, and interdicting the enemy’s lines of communications. By the end of January 1945 the lost ground had been regained and the Battle of the Bulge, the last great German offensive, was over.
