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Casualty Info
Home Town Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Last Address RAF Harrington (USAAF 179), Northhamptonshire, England
Casualty Date Mar 31, 1945
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Scotland (United Kingdom)
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Saint Joseph Cemetery - North Adams, Massachusetts
WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)
From Month/Year
September / 1944
To Month/Year
March / 1945
Description 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.
