Earl D ARTHUR 

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICE33459524
AGE22 yo
DATE OF BIRTH1 august 1922 PENNSYLVANY
ETATVandling PENNSYLVANY
FAMILY--
RANKPFC
FONCTIONInfantry
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT-PA
DATE of ENLISTEMENT1 january 1943
 COMPANYCompany D
REGIMENT  175th Infantry Regiment
DIVISION  29th Infantry Division
« Blue and Gray » Division

CITATION PRESIDENTIEL   CROIX DE GUERRE
DATE OF DEATH12 august 1944arthur earl tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHRegion of Vire
CEMETERYBRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James

Map of St James American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
F58
DECORATION

Purple Heart

Photo FDLM

 

 

us army div 29 175ri 175ir 1
STORY
Basic training at Fort Walters TEXAS in 1942
Complementary training at Indiantown Gap PENNSYLVANIA
On June 6, 1944, the division landed in Normandy on Omaha Beach. The first wave, made up of the 116th Regimental Combat Team, lands in front of Vierville and Les Moulins at 6:30 am but is nailed to the ground, suffering very heavy losses.
At 7:00, the second wave arrives. Like the previous one, it progresses slowly and suffers big losses.
On June 7th, the division cleans the area around the beach and the area of Vierville.
On June 8, she reached the Isigny-Bayeux road. In the evening, she operates her junction with the British troops.
It then progresses south of Isigny.
On the evening of June 11, she makes her junction with the 101st Airborne Division at Auville sur le Vey.
From June 6th to 13th, the division lost 2,440 men, killed, wounded or missing.
From June 12, the 29th Infantry Division participates with the V Corps, of which it constitutes the right wing, on the offensive on Saint Lo. But it faces a very strong resistance that prevents it from progressing.
On June 12, she lost 224 men including 66 dead.
She finally manages to break through on June 13 and cross the Elle. She is ordered to stay on her position and is attached to the XIX Corps.
Until June 30, she stumbles without reaching to break towards St Lo.
They will return to St Lô in ruins on July 18 around 15:00.
The division then participates in the operation "Cobra". Always attached to the XIX Corps, she returned to action on July 29th.
She relieves the 2nd Armored Division and walks on Percy where she makes her connection with elements of the VIII Corps.
On July 30, she repulsed a counterattack of the 363 Infantry Division near Percy. On July 31, she attacks Tessy but meets a strong resistance.
Fighting continues on Vire before the Division is withdrawn from the front on August 15, 63 days after his first engagement.
Earl will die fighting in the Vire region

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