Pfc. Floyd Hardzog (Hartzog), field artilleryman missing in France since June 6,
is reported killed in action, according to War Department telegram to his
mother , Mrs Mary Hardzog (Hartzog), 749 Tate (St. Memphis TN). He is 25.
Pfc. Hardzog was born and reared at Daleville, Ala. and moved to Memphis
about five years ago. Before entering the Army Nov. 4 ,1941, he was
employed by John C. Dix & Son Co. He had been overseas since January.
He also leaves his sister, Mrs. Josephine Wilkins, 749 Tate; two half-sisters, Mrs. Viola Foster, Memphis, and Mrs. Dora Stones, New Brockton, Ala. , and two-half brothers Cpl. W. D. Blackman, with the Army at Camp Chassee, Ark., and Sam Blackman of Memphis.
Name inscribed on the Tablets of the missing. American St. Laurent Cemetery Normandy, France
He was attached to Battery B, 29th Field Artillery Battalion and went missing at Sea after his LCT 458 landing craft struck a German mine during the D-Day invasion.
He was one of 39 men who were killed when LCT 458 hit a floating mine, exploded, and sank.
Army serial number 34180153. Awarded the Purple Heart medal.
Born with 2 opposing thumbs on right hand. He pinched very well as told by my Grandmother and Uncle.
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Private First Class, U.S. Army
Service # 34180153
29th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Tennessee
Died: 6-Jun-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Normandy American Cemetery
Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Awards: Purple Heart
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
Laid down, 19 September 1942, at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.
Launched, 24 September 1942
Delivered, 2 October 1942
Placed in service, LTJG John Frederick Bierkamp, Jr in charge
During World War II LCT-458 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCT Flotilla 4, LCDR Louis E. Hubbard in command, and participated in the following campaign:
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns Campaign and Dates
Invasion of Normandy, 6 and 7 June 1944
Sunk by and enemy mine off Utah Beach, Normandy, 7 June 1944
LCT-458 transported B Battery of 29th Field Artillery Battalion, CO CAPT Vernon P. Burns, scheduled to land on Tare Green at H+145 (June 6, 1944). However, on the way in she struck a mine. Of the 59 artillerists aboard, 37 were killed and 22 were wounded. The bodies of 27 men were never recovered. Battery B was reconstituted with about thirty reserves who were left in the UK plus replacements, and joined the battalion after the surrender of Cherbourg on June 27. Many sources say there were 39 people killed, but Irving Smolens (still alive), who served with 29th FA, said that the Army records are wrong in this respect.
"1000 The next LCT's were scheduled for the 13th wave, Flotilla 4. LCT 362 (one of five LCT's) was lost en route to the Uncle Red Beach. The 14th wave on Tare Green Beach, also Flotilla 4, lost LCT 458. At the Uncle Red Sector, three of the LCT's were sunk during the landing, LCT Mark(5)'s 486, 443, and 489. (On the 14th wave, four of the eleven LCT's were lost)."
(Source: LCT Stories - Joe Suozzo's report
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
LCT-458 earned one battle star for World War II service Specifications:
Displacement 286 short tons
Length 114' 2" (o.a.)
Beam 32' 8"
Draft 3'
Speed 10 kts.
Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
Complement 13
Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
Armament 1 single 20mm AA gun mount, 2 .50 cal. machine guns
Armor 2 1/2" wheelhouse, 2" gun shield
Propulsion 3 Grey Marine Diesels, 3 propellers, Shaft horsepower 675 per shaft
is reported killed in action, according to War Department telegram to his
mother , Mrs Mary Hardzog (Hartzog), 749 Tate (St. Memphis TN). He is 25.
Pfc. Hardzog was born and reared at Daleville, Ala. and moved to Memphis
about five years ago. Before entering the Army Nov. 4 ,1941, he was
employed by John C. Dix & Son Co. He had been overseas since January.
He also leaves his sister, Mrs. Josephine Wilkins, 749 Tate; two half-sisters, Mrs. Viola Foster, Memphis, and Mrs. Dora Stones, New Brockton, Ala. , and two-half brothers Cpl. W. D. Blackman, with the Army at Camp Chassee, Ark., and Sam Blackman of Memphis.
Name inscribed on the Tablets of the missing. American St. Laurent Cemetery Normandy, France
He was attached to Battery B, 29th Field Artillery Battalion and went missing at Sea after his LCT 458 landing craft struck a German mine during the D-Day invasion.
He was one of 39 men who were killed when LCT 458 hit a floating mine, exploded, and sank.
Army serial number 34180153. Awarded the Purple Heart medal.
Born with 2 opposing thumbs on right hand. He pinched very well as told by my Grandmother and Uncle.
http://www.abmc.gov/search/detailwwnew.php
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Service # 34180153
29th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Tennessee
Died: 6-Jun-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Normandy American Cemetery
Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Awards: Purple Heart
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
Laid down, 19 September 1942, at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.
Launched, 24 September 1942
Delivered, 2 October 1942
Placed in service, LTJG John Frederick Bierkamp, Jr in charge
During World War II LCT-458 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCT Flotilla 4, LCDR Louis E. Hubbard in command, and participated in the following campaign:
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns Campaign and Dates
Invasion of Normandy, 6 and 7 June 1944
Sunk by and enemy mine off Utah Beach, Normandy, 7 June 1944
LCT-458 transported B Battery of 29th Field Artillery Battalion, CO CAPT Vernon P. Burns, scheduled to land on Tare Green at H+145 (June 6, 1944). However, on the way in she struck a mine. Of the 59 artillerists aboard, 37 were killed and 22 were wounded. The bodies of 27 men were never recovered. Battery B was reconstituted with about thirty reserves who were left in the UK plus replacements, and joined the battalion after the surrender of Cherbourg on June 27. Many sources say there were 39 people killed, but Irving Smolens (still alive), who served with 29th FA, said that the Army records are wrong in this respect.
"1000 The next LCT's were scheduled for the 13th wave, Flotilla 4. LCT 362 (one of five LCT's) was lost en route to the Uncle Red Beach. The 14th wave on Tare Green Beach, also Flotilla 4, lost LCT 458. At the Uncle Red Sector, three of the LCT's were sunk during the landing, LCT Mark(5)'s 486, 443, and 489. (On the 14th wave, four of the eleven LCT's were lost)."
(Source: LCT Stories - Joe Suozzo's report
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
LCT-458 earned one battle star for World War II service Specifications:
Displacement 286 short tons
Length 114' 2" (o.a.)
Beam 32' 8"
Draft 3'
Speed 10 kts.
Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
Complement 13
Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
Armament 1 single 20mm AA gun mount, 2 .50 cal. machine guns
Armor 2 1/2" wheelhouse, 2" gun shield
Propulsion 3 Grey Marine Diesels, 3 propellers, Shaft horsepower 675 per shaft
Pfc. Floyd Hardzog (Hartzog), field artilleryman missing in France since June 6,
is reported killed in action, according to War Department telegram to his
mother , Mrs Mary Hardzog (Hartzog), 749 Tate (St. Memphis TN). He is 25.
Pfc. Hardzog was born and reared at Daleville, Ala. and moved to Memphis
about five years ago. Before entering the Army Nov. 4 ,1941, he was
employed by John C. Dix & Son Co. He had been overseas since January.
He also leaves his sister, Mrs. Josephine Wilkins, 749 Tate; two half-sisters, Mrs. Viola Foster, Memphis, and Mrs. Dora Stones, New Brockton, Ala. , and two-half brothers Cpl. W. D. Blackman, with the Army at Camp Chassee, Ark., and Sam Blackman of Memphis.
Name inscribed on the Tablets of the missing. American St. Laurent Cemetery Normandy, France
He was attached to Battery B, 29th Field Artillery Battalion and went missing at Sea after his LCT 458 landing craft struck a German mine during the D-Day invasion.
He was one of 39 men who were killed when LCT 458 hit a floating mine, exploded, and sank.
Army serial number 34180153. Awarded the Purple Heart medal.
Born with 2 opposing thumbs on right hand. He pinched very well as told by my Grandmother and Uncle.
http://www.abmc.gov/search/detailwwnew.php
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Service # 34180153
29th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Tennessee
Died: 6-Jun-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Normandy American Cemetery
Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Awards: Purple Heart
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
Laid down, 19 September 1942, at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.
Launched, 24 September 1942
Delivered, 2 October 1942
Placed in service, LTJG John Frederick Bierkamp, Jr in charge
During World War II LCT-458 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCT Flotilla 4, LCDR Louis E. Hubbard in command, and participated in the following campaign:
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns Campaign and Dates
Invasion of Normandy, 6 and 7 June 1944
Sunk by and enemy mine off Utah Beach, Normandy, 7 June 1944
LCT-458 transported B Battery of 29th Field Artillery Battalion, CO CAPT Vernon P. Burns, scheduled to land on Tare Green at H+145 (June 6, 1944). However, on the way in she struck a mine. Of the 59 artillerists aboard, 37 were killed and 22 were wounded. The bodies of 27 men were never recovered. Battery B was reconstituted with about thirty reserves who were left in the UK plus replacements, and joined the battalion after the surrender of Cherbourg on June 27. Many sources say there were 39 people killed, but Irving Smolens (still alive), who served with 29th FA, said that the Army records are wrong in this respect.
"1000 The next LCT's were scheduled for the 13th wave, Flotilla 4. LCT 362 (one of five LCT's) was lost en route to the Uncle Red Beach. The 14th wave on Tare Green Beach, also Flotilla 4, lost LCT 458. At the Uncle Red Sector, three of the LCT's were sunk during the landing, LCT Mark(5)'s 486, 443, and 489. (On the 14th wave, four of the eleven LCT's were lost)."
(Source: LCT Stories - Joe Suozzo's report
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
LCT-458 earned one battle star for World War II service Specifications:
Displacement 286 short tons
Length 114' 2" (o.a.)
Beam 32' 8"
Draft 3'
Speed 10 kts.
Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
Complement 13
Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
Armament 1 single 20mm AA gun mount, 2 .50 cal. machine guns
Armor 2 1/2" wheelhouse, 2" gun shield
Propulsion 3 Grey Marine Diesels, 3 propellers, Shaft horsepower 675 per shaft
is reported killed in action, according to War Department telegram to his
mother , Mrs Mary Hardzog (Hartzog), 749 Tate (St. Memphis TN). He is 25.
Pfc. Hardzog was born and reared at Daleville, Ala. and moved to Memphis
about five years ago. Before entering the Army Nov. 4 ,1941, he was
employed by John C. Dix & Son Co. He had been overseas since January.
He also leaves his sister, Mrs. Josephine Wilkins, 749 Tate; two half-sisters, Mrs. Viola Foster, Memphis, and Mrs. Dora Stones, New Brockton, Ala. , and two-half brothers Cpl. W. D. Blackman, with the Army at Camp Chassee, Ark., and Sam Blackman of Memphis.
Name inscribed on the Tablets of the missing. American St. Laurent Cemetery Normandy, France
He was attached to Battery B, 29th Field Artillery Battalion and went missing at Sea after his LCT 458 landing craft struck a German mine during the D-Day invasion.
He was one of 39 men who were killed when LCT 458 hit a floating mine, exploded, and sank.
Army serial number 34180153. Awarded the Purple Heart medal.
Born with 2 opposing thumbs on right hand. He pinched very well as told by my Grandmother and Uncle.
http://www.abmc.gov/search/detailwwnew.php
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Service # 34180153
29th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Tennessee
Died: 6-Jun-44
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Normandy American Cemetery
Colleville-sur-Mer, France
Awards: Purple Heart
Landing Craft Tank (Mark 5):
Laid down, 19 September 1942, at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.
Launched, 24 September 1942
Delivered, 2 October 1942
Placed in service, LTJG John Frederick Bierkamp, Jr in charge
During World War II LCT-458 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCT Flotilla 4, LCDR Louis E. Hubbard in command, and participated in the following campaign:
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns Campaign and Dates
Invasion of Normandy, 6 and 7 June 1944
Sunk by and enemy mine off Utah Beach, Normandy, 7 June 1944
LCT-458 transported B Battery of 29th Field Artillery Battalion, CO CAPT Vernon P. Burns, scheduled to land on Tare Green at H+145 (June 6, 1944). However, on the way in she struck a mine. Of the 59 artillerists aboard, 37 were killed and 22 were wounded. The bodies of 27 men were never recovered. Battery B was reconstituted with about thirty reserves who were left in the UK plus replacements, and joined the battalion after the surrender of Cherbourg on June 27. Many sources say there were 39 people killed, but Irving Smolens (still alive), who served with 29th FA, said that the Army records are wrong in this respect.
"1000 The next LCT's were scheduled for the 13th wave, Flotilla 4. LCT 362 (one of five LCT's) was lost en route to the Uncle Red Beach. The 14th wave on Tare Green Beach, also Flotilla 4, lost LCT 458. At the Uncle Red Sector, three of the LCT's were sunk during the landing, LCT Mark(5)'s 486, 443, and 489. (On the 14th wave, four of the eleven LCT's were lost)."
(Source: LCT Stories - Joe Suozzo's report
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
LCT-458 earned one battle star for World War II service Specifications:
Displacement 286 short tons
Length 114' 2" (o.a.)
Beam 32' 8"
Draft 3'
Speed 10 kts.
Range 700 nautical miles at 7 kts.
Complement 13
Cargo Capacity 150 short tons
Armament 1 single 20mm AA gun mount, 2 .50 cal. machine guns
Armor 2 1/2" wheelhouse, 2" gun shield
Propulsion 3 Grey Marine Diesels, 3 propellers, Shaft horsepower 675 per shaft
Inscription
29th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Infantry Division
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Tennessee.
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