Service Number 33044425
Unit 2nd Ranger Battalion
Rank Private First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service From Virginia.
Purple Heart
Entered the service from Virginia. PFC Robert L. Fewell was member of D-Co, 2nd US Ranger Battalion. He was killed by German artillery fire near the town of Germeter, Huertgen Forest, Germany, on November, 17th, 1944. The area was nicknamed "Purple Heart Corner" by American soldiers.
During the Normandy Invasion and with much courage, the 2nd Rangers climbed a 100 foot rocky cliff with ladders and rope to capture Pointe du Hoc under a hail of enemy bullets and machine gun fire. It was their mission to destroy the enemy coastral guns because they threatened the many allied ships in the sea and the troops landing on the beaches. Soon, they found that the coastal guns had been moved somewhere else. They found the unguarded but operational coastal guns in an orchard and destroyed them. Despite many casualities, they cut off enemy communications, and held their positions against determined German counterattacks.
Service Number 33044425
Unit 2nd Ranger Battalion
Rank Private First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service From Virginia.
Purple Heart
Entered the service from Virginia. PFC Robert L. Fewell was member of D-Co, 2nd US Ranger Battalion. He was killed by German artillery fire near the town of Germeter, Huertgen Forest, Germany, on November, 17th, 1944. The area was nicknamed "Purple Heart Corner" by American soldiers.
During the Normandy Invasion and with much courage, the 2nd Rangers climbed a 100 foot rocky cliff with ladders and rope to capture Pointe du Hoc under a hail of enemy bullets and machine gun fire. It was their mission to destroy the enemy coastral guns because they threatened the many allied ships in the sea and the troops landing on the beaches. Soon, they found that the coastal guns had been moved somewhere else. They found the unguarded but operational coastal guns in an orchard and destroyed them. Despite many casualities, they cut off enemy communications, and held their positions against determined German counterattacks.
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