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Casualty Info
Home Town Sangamon County, Illinois
Last Address Peoria, Illinois
Casualty Date Sep 30, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Netherlands
Conflict WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)/Operation Market Garden
Location of Interment Camp Butler National Cemetery (VA) - Springfield, Illinois
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)/Operation Market Garden
From Month/Year
September / 1944
To Month/Year
September / 1944
Description "35,000 troops, 11,377 dead, wounded or missing, 6,450 captured. Objective was to secure series of bridges over main rivers of German occupied Netherlands. Strategic purpose was to allow allied crossing of the Rhine River. The last natural barrier