Eugene served with the 654th Tank Destroyer Batallion which was attached and reattached to various units in WWII. They were mainly attached to the 35th Division of the United States- Patton's 3rd Army.
The 654th Tank Destroyer Battalion entered France at Omaha Beach a few days after D-Day. They moved on St. Lo where fighting was intense and the Regiment encountered many casualties. The Battalion moved across France through Torigni Sur Vire, Amebacq, Louvigue, Le Mans, Chateau De Dierville, Montargis, Joigny, Toul, and many other towns. On September 15, 1944, they liberated the town of Nancy, France.
He was killed in a plane crash May 23rd 1945 in northern Europe on his way home. It was not exactly sure why he was on his way home duing this time period but he was approaching 4 years in service and his time and the war was coming to an end.
His remains were shipped home where a funeral was held for him in 1945. He is buried next to his parents Oscar and Corine Bordelon.
INFORMATION from Dwight Anderson on October 27, 2015
The date is May 23, 1945, just 15 days after Germany surrenders in World War II. An Army Air Corps C-46 "Commando" aircraft with a crew of four and carrying 40 wounded American soldiers and repatriated prisoners of war to hospitals in the Paris area -- and, then, finally home -- plunges from the skies just outside the village of Taillefontaine, near Paris, with one of its two engines on fire. All on board are killed, including the wounded on their way to recovery and home
The 654th Tank Destroyer Battalion entered France at Omaha Beach a few days after D-Day. They moved on St. Lo where fighting was intense and the Regiment encountered many casualties. The Battalion moved across France through Torigni Sur Vire, Amebacq, Louvigue, Le Mans, Chateau De Dierville, Montargis, Joigny, Toul, and many other towns. On September 15, 1944, they liberated the town of Nancy, France.
He was killed in a plane crash May 23rd 1945 in northern Europe on his way home. It was not exactly sure why he was on his way home duing this time period but he was approaching 4 years in service and his time and the war was coming to an end.
His remains were shipped home where a funeral was held for him in 1945. He is buried next to his parents Oscar and Corine Bordelon.
INFORMATION from Dwight Anderson on October 27, 2015
The date is May 23, 1945, just 15 days after Germany surrenders in World War II. An Army Air Corps C-46 "Commando" aircraft with a crew of four and carrying 40 wounded American soldiers and repatriated prisoners of war to hospitals in the Paris area -- and, then, finally home -- plunges from the skies just outside the village of Taillefontaine, near Paris, with one of its two engines on fire. All on board are killed, including the wounded on their way to recovery and home
Eugene served with the 654th Tank Destroyer Batallion which was attached and reattached to various units in WWII. They were mainly attached to the 35th Division of the United States- Patton's 3rd Army.
The 654th Tank Destroyer Battalion entered France at Omaha Beach a few days after D-Day. They moved on St. Lo where fighting was intense and the Regiment encountered many casualties. The Battalion moved across France through Torigni Sur Vire, Amebacq, Louvigue, Le Mans, Chateau De Dierville, Montargis, Joigny, Toul, and many other towns. On September 15, 1944, they liberated the town of Nancy, France.
He was killed in a plane crash May 23rd 1945 in northern Europe on his way home. It was not exactly sure why he was on his way home duing this time period but he was approaching 4 years in service and his time and the war was coming to an end.
His remains were shipped home where a funeral was held for him in 1945. He is buried next to his parents Oscar and Corine Bordelon.
INFORMATION from Dwight Anderson on October 27, 2015
The date is May 23, 1945, just 15 days after Germany surrenders in World War II. An Army Air Corps C-46 "Commando" aircraft with a crew of four and carrying 40 wounded American soldiers and repatriated prisoners of war to hospitals in the Paris area -- and, then, finally home -- plunges from the skies just outside the village of Taillefontaine, near Paris, with one of its two engines on fire. All on board are killed, including the wounded on their way to recovery and home
The 654th Tank Destroyer Battalion entered France at Omaha Beach a few days after D-Day. They moved on St. Lo where fighting was intense and the Regiment encountered many casualties. The Battalion moved across France through Torigni Sur Vire, Amebacq, Louvigue, Le Mans, Chateau De Dierville, Montargis, Joigny, Toul, and many other towns. On September 15, 1944, they liberated the town of Nancy, France.
He was killed in a plane crash May 23rd 1945 in northern Europe on his way home. It was not exactly sure why he was on his way home duing this time period but he was approaching 4 years in service and his time and the war was coming to an end.
His remains were shipped home where a funeral was held for him in 1945. He is buried next to his parents Oscar and Corine Bordelon.
INFORMATION from Dwight Anderson on October 27, 2015
The date is May 23, 1945, just 15 days after Germany surrenders in World War II. An Army Air Corps C-46 "Commando" aircraft with a crew of four and carrying 40 wounded American soldiers and repatriated prisoners of war to hospitals in the Paris area -- and, then, finally home -- plunges from the skies just outside the village of Taillefontaine, near Paris, with one of its two engines on fire. All on board are killed, including the wounded on their way to recovery and home
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