Isaac B. Louis (1919 Michigan) of Kalamazoo, Michigan enlisted as a Private in the U.S. Army (S/N 36155158) on 17 April 1941 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Isaac was single, had completed 4 years of high school and was working as a “Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor”. He stood 71 inches tall and weighed 150 pounds.
He was a member of the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division
Ike was killed in action 21 November 1942 near Buna, New Guinea.
Aunt Sarah anguished so about burying him in the Philippines but decided that he should be with his buddies and that is what he would have wanted. From Marilyn King
Private First Class Isaac B. Louis has a cenotaph in the Prairie Home Cemetery, Richland, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (FaG Memorial# 46782735)
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He was a member of the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division.
Papuan Campaign - The Battle of Buna
“The Japanese line at Buna was, in its way, a masterpiece. It forced the 32D Division to attack the enemy where he was strongest – in the Triangle, along the trail leading to the bridge between the strips; along the northern edge of the strip; and frontally in the Duropa Plantation. By canalizing the Allied attack into these narrow, well-defended fronts, the Japanese who had short, interior lines of communication, and could shift troops from front to front by truck and landing craft, were in a position to exploit their available strength to the maximum, no matter what its numerical inferiority to that of the Allies." Source: The 32D Infantry Division in World War II (The Red Arrow) - Papuan Campaign - The Battle of Buna http://www.32nd-division.org/history/ww2/32ww2-3.html#Buna
Ike was killed in action 21 November 1942 near Buna, New Guinea.
He was a member of the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division
Ike was killed in action 21 November 1942 near Buna, New Guinea.
Aunt Sarah anguished so about burying him in the Philippines but decided that he should be with his buddies and that is what he would have wanted. From Marilyn King
Private First Class Isaac B. Louis has a cenotaph in the Prairie Home Cemetery, Richland, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (FaG Memorial# 46782735)
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He was a member of the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division.
Papuan Campaign - The Battle of Buna
“The Japanese line at Buna was, in its way, a masterpiece. It forced the 32D Division to attack the enemy where he was strongest – in the Triangle, along the trail leading to the bridge between the strips; along the northern edge of the strip; and frontally in the Duropa Plantation. By canalizing the Allied attack into these narrow, well-defended fronts, the Japanese who had short, interior lines of communication, and could shift troops from front to front by truck and landing craft, were in a position to exploit their available strength to the maximum, no matter what its numerical inferiority to that of the Allies." Source: The 32D Infantry Division in World War II (The Red Arrow) - Papuan Campaign - The Battle of Buna http://www.32nd-division.org/history/ww2/32ww2-3.html#Buna
Ike was killed in action 21 November 1942 near Buna, New Guinea.
Isaac B. Louis (1919 Michigan) of Kalamazoo, Michigan enlisted as a Private in the U.S. Army (S/N 36155158) on 17 April 1941 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Isaac was single, had completed 4 years of high school and was working as a “Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor”. He stood 71 inches tall and weighed 150 pounds.
He was a member of the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division
Ike was killed in action 21 November 1942 near Buna, New Guinea.
Aunt Sarah anguished so about burying him in the Philippines but decided that he should be with his buddies and that is what he would have wanted. From Marilyn King
Private First Class Isaac B. Louis has a cenotaph in the Prairie Home Cemetery, Richland, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (FaG Memorial# 46782735)
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He was a member of the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division.
Papuan Campaign - The Battle of Buna
“The Japanese line at Buna was, in its way, a masterpiece. It forced the 32D Division to attack the enemy where he was strongest – in the Triangle, along the trail leading to the bridge between the strips; along the northern edge of the strip; and frontally in the Duropa Plantation. By canalizing the Allied attack into these narrow, well-defended fronts, the Japanese who had short, interior lines of communication, and could shift troops from front to front by truck and landing craft, were in a position to exploit their available strength to the maximum, no matter what its numerical inferiority to that of the Allies." Source: The 32D Infantry Division in World War II (The Red Arrow) - Papuan Campaign - The Battle of Buna http://www.32nd-division.org/history/ww2/32ww2-3.html#Buna
Ike was killed in action 21 November 1942 near Buna, New Guinea.
He was a member of the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division
Ike was killed in action 21 November 1942 near Buna, New Guinea.
Aunt Sarah anguished so about burying him in the Philippines but decided that he should be with his buddies and that is what he would have wanted. From Marilyn King
Private First Class Isaac B. Louis has a cenotaph in the Prairie Home Cemetery, Richland, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (FaG Memorial# 46782735)
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He was a member of the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division.
Papuan Campaign - The Battle of Buna
“The Japanese line at Buna was, in its way, a masterpiece. It forced the 32D Division to attack the enemy where he was strongest – in the Triangle, along the trail leading to the bridge between the strips; along the northern edge of the strip; and frontally in the Duropa Plantation. By canalizing the Allied attack into these narrow, well-defended fronts, the Japanese who had short, interior lines of communication, and could shift troops from front to front by truck and landing craft, were in a position to exploit their available strength to the maximum, no matter what its numerical inferiority to that of the Allies." Source: The 32D Infantry Division in World War II (The Red Arrow) - Papuan Campaign - The Battle of Buna http://www.32nd-division.org/history/ww2/32ww2-3.html#Buna
Ike was killed in action 21 November 1942 near Buna, New Guinea.
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Entered the service from Michigan.
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