Loyd C. BOYD
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NUMBER OF SERVICE | 38545446 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
AGE | 19 yo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 29 July 1925 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ENLISTMENT STATE | Limestone TEXAS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FAMILY | Single | |||||||||||||||||||||||
RANK | Private | |||||||||||||||||||||||
FONCTION | Infantry Man | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 3 November 1943 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
COMPANY | Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||
REGIMENT | 12th Infantry Regiment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DIVISION |
4th Infantry Division "Ivy Division" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 30 July 1944 |
Source : Frogman | ||||||||||||||||||||||
STATUS | KIA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | Région Hambye - Villedieu les Poêles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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CEMETERY | BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James (Montjoie St Martin) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 4th Infantry division was created during WWI. It will be reactivated on June 1, 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia under the orders of Major General Walter E. Prosser and leave to Louisiana then Florida for amphibious training. On January 18, 1944 it embarks from New York harbor towards Great Britain with a view to the landing in Normandy. The Ivy Division comes ahore at 0640hrs on June 6, 1944 Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt leading the way with his 18 000 men. The 4th Infantry Division will land in three successive waves on Utah Beach. The 12th Infantry Regiment will be part of the third wave landing at midday on Utah Beach. Its D-Day's mission was to make contact with the 82nd Airborne Division in Sainte Mère Eglise. In the evening of June 6, the 12th Infantry Regiment enters Turqueville. They make contact with the 82nd Airborne Division in Ste Mère Eglise on June 7. On June 9, the 12th IR moves to Montebourg, but the next day face a counter-attack and withdraw East of St Floxel. Until June 15, the division fights against elements from the 709 and 243 Infanterie Divisionen on the way to Montebourg. On June 18, the division participates in the offensive on Cherbourg with the whole VII Corps They will go all the way through Montebourg, Ruffosse, le Theil, Digosville, Tourlaville, Cherbourg. Until June 30, the division liberated the Cherbourg area taking more than 900 prisoners but losing more than 5 452 men, killed, wounded or missing. From July 6 to July 7, offensive towards Périers. The 8th and 12th Infantry Regiment will support the 83rd Infantry Division which came to relieve them but will suffer heavy losses (600 men on July 7). On July 25, the division participates in Operation Cobra, it is between the 9th Infantry Division and the 30th Infantry Division, a frontline is established north-east to La Chapelle Enjuger. On July 26, this city is liberated. Loyd Boyd was killed in action during the advance towards Villedieu-les-Poêles on July 30. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
4th INFANTRY DIVISION - IVY
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SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Jean-Yves TURQUETIL - Livre: 21st Army Group (HEIMDAL) - U.S Army Center of Military History - Utah Beach to Cherbourg American D.DAY.org - Les Américains en Normandie . Eric Rondeau - La trouée de Normandie. Albert Pipet D.Day Overlord.com - Breakout and Pursuit. Martin Blumenson |
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PROGRAMMER | Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |