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Casualty Info
Home Town Middletown
Last Address Near Paderborn, Germany
Casualty Date Mar 31, 1945
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Germany
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment American Cemetery - Margraten, Netherlands
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)
From Month/Year
September / 1944
To Month/Year
March / 1945
Description (Rhineland Campaign 15 September 1944 to 21 March 1945) Attempting to outflank the Siegfried Line, the Allies tried an airborne attack on Holland on 17 September 1944. But the operation failed, and the enemy was able to strengthen his defensive line from Holland to Switzerland. Little progress was made on the ground, but the aerial attacks on strategic targets continued. Then, having regained the initiative after defeating a German offensive in the Ardennes in December 1944, the Allies drove through to the Rhine, establishing a bridgehead across the river at Remagen.
