| Birth: | Jun. 28, 1923 | | Death: | Feb. 2, 1945 | 
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was killed in action. He served as a Sergeant in the United States Army in Company A, 142d Infantry, 36th Infantry Division. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on February 1-2 1945 at Oberhoffen, France. His citation reads in part "At dawn of 2 February, Sgt. Deleau pressed forward with his unit, killing two snipers as he advanced to a point where machine-gun fire from a house barred the way. Despite vicious small-arms fire, Sgt Deleau ran across an open area to reach the rear of the building, where he destroyed one machine gun and killed its two operators with a grenade. He worked to the front of the structure and located a second machine gun. Finding it impossible to toss a grenade into the house from his protected position, he fearlessly moved away from the building and was about to hurl his explosive when he was instantly killed by a burst from the gun he sought to knock out. With magnificent courage and daring aggressiveness, Sgt. Deleau cleared four well-defended houses of Germans, inflicting severe losses on the enemy, and at the sacrifice of his own life aided his battalion to reach its objective with a minimum of casualties." (bio by: Don Morfe)
Search Amazon for Emile Deleau | | | Burial:
Linwood Cemetery
Blaine
Belmont County
Ohio, USA
Plot: Section D |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Don Morfe
Record added: Mar 12, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 8498244 |
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Thank you for your courage and service Sir. RIP
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Jack Prue
Added: Feb. 16, 2013 |
Rest in peace, Sergeant. Thank you for your service and sacrifice. May we always honor the high price you paid for our freedom. God bless you for your gallant defense of a noble cause.
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Sharon
Added: Feb. 2, 2013 |
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Republican
Added: Jun. 28, 2012 |
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