Pvt. Adrian See most likely died near where the 15th Infantry command post was located on September 15, 1944, in the town of Les Belle Baraques in the region of Haute-Saone, France. It is located a little southeast of Vesoul and is not listed on present day maps.
Adrian, age 19, married Esta Mae Shields, age 18, born in Saint Mary's, WV, the daughter of Lee and Maymie (Hall) Shields, on August 19, 1939 in Washington County, Ohio.
Adrian and Esta lived in Parkersburg, WV with her widowed mother and visited his parents in Moorefield in late April 1941. They moved to Moorefield and Adrian worked at the Tannery and Esta worked at the Coffman Fisher store.
Adrian was one of 30 young men that left Moorefield, WV on August 3, 1943 for induction into the service at Clarksburg, WV. He received training at Camp Fannin, Texas and Fort Meade, Maryland. In January 1944 he was in Mississippi, and Esta left her job to join him there. He was sent overseas to Italy and was fortunate to be stationed near his brother, Pfc. Charles Blair See. Adrian was slightly wounded in Italy on April 24, 1944 and was hospitalized, but soon returned to active duty.
The 3rd Infantry Division took part in the invasion of southern France on August 15, 1944 (Operation Dragoon). The division was in several battles on its march northeast across France towards Germany. On about October 9th Adrian was reported missing, but later confirmed dead, having died on the 15th of September while serving in Company K, 15th Infantry Regiment. His body was interred in a temporary American cemetery.
He was survived by his parents, Asa and Bertha (Cook) See, his wife, the former Esta Mae Shields, and six brothers; Pfc. Charles B. See, in France, Brown See, Steubenville, and Stanley, Marcellus, Eugene and Freeman, at home.
During the first week in May of 1948, his body was among 4,183 soldiers being returned from France, aboard the United States Army Transport, Lawrence Victory. It arrived in port at New York, and it took several more days before his body arrived in Moorefield for reinterment in Olivet Cemetery.
Adrian, age 19, married Esta Mae Shields, age 18, born in Saint Mary's, WV, the daughter of Lee and Maymie (Hall) Shields, on August 19, 1939 in Washington County, Ohio.
Adrian and Esta lived in Parkersburg, WV with her widowed mother and visited his parents in Moorefield in late April 1941. They moved to Moorefield and Adrian worked at the Tannery and Esta worked at the Coffman Fisher store.
Adrian was one of 30 young men that left Moorefield, WV on August 3, 1943 for induction into the service at Clarksburg, WV. He received training at Camp Fannin, Texas and Fort Meade, Maryland. In January 1944 he was in Mississippi, and Esta left her job to join him there. He was sent overseas to Italy and was fortunate to be stationed near his brother, Pfc. Charles Blair See. Adrian was slightly wounded in Italy on April 24, 1944 and was hospitalized, but soon returned to active duty.
The 3rd Infantry Division took part in the invasion of southern France on August 15, 1944 (Operation Dragoon). The division was in several battles on its march northeast across France towards Germany. On about October 9th Adrian was reported missing, but later confirmed dead, having died on the 15th of September while serving in Company K, 15th Infantry Regiment. His body was interred in a temporary American cemetery.
He was survived by his parents, Asa and Bertha (Cook) See, his wife, the former Esta Mae Shields, and six brothers; Pfc. Charles B. See, in France, Brown See, Steubenville, and Stanley, Marcellus, Eugene and Freeman, at home.
During the first week in May of 1948, his body was among 4,183 soldiers being returned from France, aboard the United States Army Transport, Lawrence Victory. It arrived in port at New York, and it took several more days before his body arrived in Moorefield for reinterment in Olivet Cemetery.
Pvt. Adrian See most likely died near where the 15th Infantry command post was located on September 15, 1944, in the town of Les Belle Baraques in the region of Haute-Saone, France. It is located a little southeast of Vesoul and is not listed on present day maps.
Adrian, age 19, married Esta Mae Shields, age 18, born in Saint Mary's, WV, the daughter of Lee and Maymie (Hall) Shields, on August 19, 1939 in Washington County, Ohio.
Adrian and Esta lived in Parkersburg, WV with her widowed mother and visited his parents in Moorefield in late April 1941. They moved to Moorefield and Adrian worked at the Tannery and Esta worked at the Coffman Fisher store.
Adrian was one of 30 young men that left Moorefield, WV on August 3, 1943 for induction into the service at Clarksburg, WV. He received training at Camp Fannin, Texas and Fort Meade, Maryland. In January 1944 he was in Mississippi, and Esta left her job to join him there. He was sent overseas to Italy and was fortunate to be stationed near his brother, Pfc. Charles Blair See. Adrian was slightly wounded in Italy on April 24, 1944 and was hospitalized, but soon returned to active duty.
The 3rd Infantry Division took part in the invasion of southern France on August 15, 1944 (Operation Dragoon). The division was in several battles on its march northeast across France towards Germany. On about October 9th Adrian was reported missing, but later confirmed dead, having died on the 15th of September while serving in Company K, 15th Infantry Regiment. His body was interred in a temporary American cemetery.
He was survived by his parents, Asa and Bertha (Cook) See, his wife, the former Esta Mae Shields, and six brothers; Pfc. Charles B. See, in France, Brown See, Steubenville, and Stanley, Marcellus, Eugene and Freeman, at home.
During the first week in May of 1948, his body was among 4,183 soldiers being returned from France, aboard the United States Army Transport, Lawrence Victory. It arrived in port at New York, and it took several more days before his body arrived in Moorefield for reinterment in Olivet Cemetery.
Adrian, age 19, married Esta Mae Shields, age 18, born in Saint Mary's, WV, the daughter of Lee and Maymie (Hall) Shields, on August 19, 1939 in Washington County, Ohio.
Adrian and Esta lived in Parkersburg, WV with her widowed mother and visited his parents in Moorefield in late April 1941. They moved to Moorefield and Adrian worked at the Tannery and Esta worked at the Coffman Fisher store.
Adrian was one of 30 young men that left Moorefield, WV on August 3, 1943 for induction into the service at Clarksburg, WV. He received training at Camp Fannin, Texas and Fort Meade, Maryland. In January 1944 he was in Mississippi, and Esta left her job to join him there. He was sent overseas to Italy and was fortunate to be stationed near his brother, Pfc. Charles Blair See. Adrian was slightly wounded in Italy on April 24, 1944 and was hospitalized, but soon returned to active duty.
The 3rd Infantry Division took part in the invasion of southern France on August 15, 1944 (Operation Dragoon). The division was in several battles on its march northeast across France towards Germany. On about October 9th Adrian was reported missing, but later confirmed dead, having died on the 15th of September while serving in Company K, 15th Infantry Regiment. His body was interred in a temporary American cemetery.
He was survived by his parents, Asa and Bertha (Cook) See, his wife, the former Esta Mae Shields, and six brothers; Pfc. Charles B. See, in France, Brown See, Steubenville, and Stanley, Marcellus, Eugene and Freeman, at home.
During the first week in May of 1948, his body was among 4,183 soldiers being returned from France, aboard the United States Army Transport, Lawrence Victory. It arrived in port at New York, and it took several more days before his body arrived in Moorefield for reinterment in Olivet Cemetery.
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