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Casualty Info
Home Town Wilmington
Last Address 162 Edge Hill Road, Milton MA
Casualty Date Nov 09, 1942
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Unknown, Not Reported
Location Algeria
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial - Carthage, Tunisia
WWII - Africa Theater of Operations/Algeria-French Morocco Campaign (1942)
From Month/Year
November / 1942
To Month/Year
November / 1942
Description (Algeria-French Morocco Campaign 8-11 November 1942) Three days after their victory at El Alamein the Allies opened a new front with an assault on Algeria and French Morocco. Twelfth Air Force, with some units based on Gibraltar, some aboard the invasion fleet, and some bearing paratroops from England, entered combat at this time. The campaign was brkf, for the French in Algeria and French Morocco offered little resistance to the invaders.)
