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Casualty Info
Last Address Fort Sam Houston
Casualty Date Sep 18, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Netherlands
Conflict World War II
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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
