Pvt. Axline also has a cenotaph stone in his parents plot at St. Mark's Cemetery in Petersville, Maryland.
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The News, Frederick, MD, October 13, 1944
PVT. SHERMAN EUGENE AXLINE, a paratrooper, was killed in Holland on September 20, the War Department on Thursday notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Axline, of Petersville. He was 19 years of age on July 20.
He was inducted last Armistice Day while a student at Brunswick High School. He would have graduated last June.
Overseas since last July 21, Pvt. Axline received most of his training at Fort McClellan, Ala. He has a brother, Cpl. Theodore Axline, stationed in New Guinea for about a year.
Besides his parents and brother, Pvt. Axline is also survived by these brothers, David, Baltimore; Charles and Lee, Petersville, and four sisters, Mrs. Marion Snoots, Petersville; Mrs. Alice McDade, Broad Run; Mrs. Nora Coates and Kathleen Axline, both of Petersville.
Sherman E. Axline
DATE OF BIRTH: July 20, 1925
HOME OF RECORD:
Knoxville, Maryland
Silver Star
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Army
Battalion: 3d Battalion
Division: 82d Airborne Division
GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, 82d Airborne Division, General Orders No. 19 (February 20, 1945)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private Sherman E. Axline (ASN: 33898035), United States Army, for gallantry in action on 20 - 21 September 1944, at ****, Holland. Private Axline, a machine gunner, Company H, 3d Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, displayed great courage while defending a position which had been encircled by infiltrating enemy. After an unsuccessful attack upon German positions in the town of ****, this company was ordered to displace to the high ground to the rear and reorganize. Private Axline remained in position and directed accurate fire which displaced the enemy and permitted the orderly withdrawal of his entire squad. He destroyed several enemy who infiltrated near his position, and stubbornly defended it until he was killed. This gallant action by Private Axline contributed much to the prompt reorganization of his company and enabled it to prepare a second attack which seized the town. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.
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The News, Frederick, MD, October 13, 1944
PVT. SHERMAN EUGENE AXLINE, a paratrooper, was killed in Holland on September 20, the War Department on Thursday notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Axline, of Petersville. He was 19 years of age on July 20.
He was inducted last Armistice Day while a student at Brunswick High School. He would have graduated last June.
Overseas since last July 21, Pvt. Axline received most of his training at Fort McClellan, Ala. He has a brother, Cpl. Theodore Axline, stationed in New Guinea for about a year.
Besides his parents and brother, Pvt. Axline is also survived by these brothers, David, Baltimore; Charles and Lee, Petersville, and four sisters, Mrs. Marion Snoots, Petersville; Mrs. Alice McDade, Broad Run; Mrs. Nora Coates and Kathleen Axline, both of Petersville.
Sherman E. Axline
DATE OF BIRTH: July 20, 1925
HOME OF RECORD:
Knoxville, Maryland
Silver Star
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Army
Battalion: 3d Battalion
Division: 82d Airborne Division
GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, 82d Airborne Division, General Orders No. 19 (February 20, 1945)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private Sherman E. Axline (ASN: 33898035), United States Army, for gallantry in action on 20 - 21 September 1944, at ****, Holland. Private Axline, a machine gunner, Company H, 3d Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, displayed great courage while defending a position which had been encircled by infiltrating enemy. After an unsuccessful attack upon German positions in the town of ****, this company was ordered to displace to the high ground to the rear and reorganize. Private Axline remained in position and directed accurate fire which displaced the enemy and permitted the orderly withdrawal of his entire squad. He destroyed several enemy who infiltrated near his position, and stubbornly defended it until he was killed. This gallant action by Private Axline contributed much to the prompt reorganization of his company and enabled it to prepare a second attack which seized the town. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.
Pvt. Axline also has a cenotaph stone in his parents plot at St. Mark's Cemetery in Petersville, Maryland.
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The News, Frederick, MD, October 13, 1944
PVT. SHERMAN EUGENE AXLINE, a paratrooper, was killed in Holland on September 20, the War Department on Thursday notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Axline, of Petersville. He was 19 years of age on July 20.
He was inducted last Armistice Day while a student at Brunswick High School. He would have graduated last June.
Overseas since last July 21, Pvt. Axline received most of his training at Fort McClellan, Ala. He has a brother, Cpl. Theodore Axline, stationed in New Guinea for about a year.
Besides his parents and brother, Pvt. Axline is also survived by these brothers, David, Baltimore; Charles and Lee, Petersville, and four sisters, Mrs. Marion Snoots, Petersville; Mrs. Alice McDade, Broad Run; Mrs. Nora Coates and Kathleen Axline, both of Petersville.
Sherman E. Axline
DATE OF BIRTH: July 20, 1925
HOME OF RECORD:
Knoxville, Maryland
Silver Star
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Army
Battalion: 3d Battalion
Division: 82d Airborne Division
GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, 82d Airborne Division, General Orders No. 19 (February 20, 1945)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private Sherman E. Axline (ASN: 33898035), United States Army, for gallantry in action on 20 - 21 September 1944, at ****, Holland. Private Axline, a machine gunner, Company H, 3d Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, displayed great courage while defending a position which had been encircled by infiltrating enemy. After an unsuccessful attack upon German positions in the town of ****, this company was ordered to displace to the high ground to the rear and reorganize. Private Axline remained in position and directed accurate fire which displaced the enemy and permitted the orderly withdrawal of his entire squad. He destroyed several enemy who infiltrated near his position, and stubbornly defended it until he was killed. This gallant action by Private Axline contributed much to the prompt reorganization of his company and enabled it to prepare a second attack which seized the town. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.
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The News, Frederick, MD, October 13, 1944
PVT. SHERMAN EUGENE AXLINE, a paratrooper, was killed in Holland on September 20, the War Department on Thursday notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Axline, of Petersville. He was 19 years of age on July 20.
He was inducted last Armistice Day while a student at Brunswick High School. He would have graduated last June.
Overseas since last July 21, Pvt. Axline received most of his training at Fort McClellan, Ala. He has a brother, Cpl. Theodore Axline, stationed in New Guinea for about a year.
Besides his parents and brother, Pvt. Axline is also survived by these brothers, David, Baltimore; Charles and Lee, Petersville, and four sisters, Mrs. Marion Snoots, Petersville; Mrs. Alice McDade, Broad Run; Mrs. Nora Coates and Kathleen Axline, both of Petersville.
Sherman E. Axline
DATE OF BIRTH: July 20, 1925
HOME OF RECORD:
Knoxville, Maryland
Silver Star
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Army
Battalion: 3d Battalion
Division: 82d Airborne Division
GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, 82d Airborne Division, General Orders No. 19 (February 20, 1945)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Private Sherman E. Axline (ASN: 33898035), United States Army, for gallantry in action on 20 - 21 September 1944, at ****, Holland. Private Axline, a machine gunner, Company H, 3d Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, displayed great courage while defending a position which had been encircled by infiltrating enemy. After an unsuccessful attack upon German positions in the town of ****, this company was ordered to displace to the high ground to the rear and reorganize. Private Axline remained in position and directed accurate fire which displaced the enemy and permitted the orderly withdrawal of his entire squad. He destroyed several enemy who infiltrated near his position, and stubbornly defended it until he was killed. This gallant action by Private Axline contributed much to the prompt reorganization of his company and enabled it to prepare a second attack which seized the town. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.
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