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• Berry ., PFC. Herbert E    b. November 8, 1922  d. July 4, 1944
  
  Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
   
• Faughn Jr., BM2. Jack  b. 1924  d. June 18, 1944
  Boatswain Mate 2/c U.S. Navy, World War II-Seaman Faughn was killed in action by rocket & artillery fire on 6-18-1944 while serving as Boatswain aboard a L.S.T. near Normandie, France.
  
  He is the son Mr. Jack, Sr. & Mrs. Hazel Leona Faughn of 220 Bloomington Road in East Peoria, Illinois, and is a 1942 graduate of East Peoria H.S. Seaman Faughn did his training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center at Great Lakes, Illinois.
  
  Awards: Purple Heart Medal, American Campaign Medal...[Read More]
  Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
  Plot: J, Row 29, Grave 17
   
• McNair, Gen. Lesley James    b. May 25, 1883  d. July 25, 1944
  United States Army World War II General. LTG McNair died from friendly fire when bombs of the US Army Air Forces dropped short on the 29th Infantry Division before St. Lô during the Normandy Campaign. He was posthumously promoted to four-star General by a special act of Congress in 1954, making him the most senior US officer ever to die in combat.
  Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
  Plot: Plot F, Row 28, Grave 42
   
• Monteith Jr., Jimmie W.    b. July 1, 1917  d. June 6, 1944
  Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. Killed in action near Colleville-sur-Mer, France, 6 June 1944. Born in Richmond, Virginia, he attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute, where he played football as a member of the Class of 1941. He was a 6 foot, 2 inch redhead, and well liked by his fellow students. In October 1941, he joined the Army in Richmond, Virginia, and attended Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia...[Read More]
  Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
  Plot: Section I, Row 20, Grave 12
   
• Niland, Sgt. Robert J.    b. 1919  d. June 6, 1944
  US Army soldier; Sergeant, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division.
  Cause of death: Killed in battle
  Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
  Plot: Plot F, Row 15, Grave 11
   
• Peregory, Frank D.    b. April 10, 1915  d. June 14, 1944
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the United States Army during World War II as a Technical Sergeant in Company K 116th Infantry, 29th Infantry Division. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Grandcampe France, June 8, 1944. His citation reads "On 8 June 1944, the 3rd Battalion of the 116th Infantry was advancing on the strongly held German defenses at Grandcampe, France, when the leading elements were suddenly halted by decimating machine-gun fire from a...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
  Plot: Section G, Row 21, Grave 7
   
• Roosevelt, Quentin    b. November 19, 1897  d. July 14, 1918
  United States Army Officer. Youngest son of 26th United States President Theodore Roosevelt. A Lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps during World War I, he was killed when his Nieuport 28 aircraft was shot down behind German lines on July 14, 1918. German soldiers placed a crude cross over his grave, near the rural French village of Chamery, near Reims. The grave subsequently underwent some revisions and was treated as a pilgrimage site by admiring US and French citizens. On July 12...[Read More]
  Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
  Plot: Plot D, Row 28, Grave 46
   
• Roosevelt Jr., Theodore    b. September 13, 1887  d. July 12, 1944
  United States Army General, World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. First born son of 26th United States President Theodore Roosevelt. A Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserves and a veteran of the First World War, he was activated for the Second World War, and died of a heart attack in Normandy following the invasion of France. After the war, he and his brother Quentin, a First World War casualty, were buried side by side at the US Military Cemetery, Colville-sur-Mer...[Read More] (Bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)
  Cause of death: Heart attack
  Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
  Plot: Plot D, Row 28, Grave 45
   
• Spangler ., Capt. John J  b. July 22, 1913  d. June 7, 1944
  
  Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
   

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