Bryant Lamar Hinson, US Army, PFC, SN: 14130253, 506th Parachute Infantry 101st Airborne, Enlisted August 29, 1942 at Camp Shelby, MS.
He died during the Normandy Invasion (D-Day) and is buried there. He also has memorial headstone markers at Shady Grove Church of God Cemetery, Middleton, Clarke Co., MS (click on his name for the other memorial)
His C-47 departed the airdrome at Exeter, Devon, England with four crew and nineteen members of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division on the opening day of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy to retake German-occupied France.
After an unsuccessful pass over the designated drop field, the aircraft began to head back out over the coast. Lt. Johnston of the 3rd Battalion told the pilot to turn back. He then made his jump. In doing so, he witnessed the transport come under intense, concentrated machine gun fire from the Germans. How many of the paratroopers jumped before the C-47 crashed is uncertain.
Bryant Lamar Hinson
He died during the Normandy Invasion (D-Day) and is buried there. He also has memorial headstone markers at Shady Grove Church of God Cemetery, Middleton, Clarke Co., MS (click on his name for the other memorial)
His C-47 departed the airdrome at Exeter, Devon, England with four crew and nineteen members of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division on the opening day of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy to retake German-occupied France.
After an unsuccessful pass over the designated drop field, the aircraft began to head back out over the coast. Lt. Johnston of the 3rd Battalion told the pilot to turn back. He then made his jump. In doing so, he witnessed the transport come under intense, concentrated machine gun fire from the Germans. How many of the paratroopers jumped before the C-47 crashed is uncertain.
Bryant Lamar Hinson
Bryant Lamar Hinson, US Army, PFC, SN: 14130253, 506th Parachute Infantry 101st Airborne, Enlisted August 29, 1942 at Camp Shelby, MS.
He died during the Normandy Invasion (D-Day) and is buried there. He also has memorial headstone markers at Shady Grove Church of God Cemetery, Middleton, Clarke Co., MS (click on his name for the other memorial)
His C-47 departed the airdrome at Exeter, Devon, England with four crew and nineteen members of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division on the opening day of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy to retake German-occupied France.
After an unsuccessful pass over the designated drop field, the aircraft began to head back out over the coast. Lt. Johnston of the 3rd Battalion told the pilot to turn back. He then made his jump. In doing so, he witnessed the transport come under intense, concentrated machine gun fire from the Germans. How many of the paratroopers jumped before the C-47 crashed is uncertain.
Bryant Lamar Hinson
He died during the Normandy Invasion (D-Day) and is buried there. He also has memorial headstone markers at Shady Grove Church of God Cemetery, Middleton, Clarke Co., MS (click on his name for the other memorial)
His C-47 departed the airdrome at Exeter, Devon, England with four crew and nineteen members of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division on the opening day of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy to retake German-occupied France.
After an unsuccessful pass over the designated drop field, the aircraft began to head back out over the coast. Lt. Johnston of the 3rd Battalion told the pilot to turn back. He then made his jump. In doing so, he witnessed the transport come under intense, concentrated machine gun fire from the Germans. How many of the paratroopers jumped before the C-47 crashed is uncertain.
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