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Casualty Info
Home Town Boston, Massachusetts
Last Address RAF Debden (USAAF 156), Essex, England
Casualty Date Oct 14, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location France
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial - Epinal, France
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Normandy Campaign (1944)
From Month/Year
June / 1944
To Month/Year
July / 1944
Description Normandy Campaign 6 June to 24 July 1944) Early on D-Day airborne troops landed in France to gain control of strategic areas. Aerial and naval bombardment followed. Then the invasion fleet, covered by an umbrella of aircraft, discharged Eisenhower’s assault forces. Soon the beachhead was secure, but its expansion was a slow and difficult process in the face of strong opposition. It was not until late in July that the Allies were able to break out of Normandy.
