Jeffrie  Thornwell  GARDNER

Source : Catoe4

Epouse : Ada "Peggy" Shirley GARDNER

Source : Dan Phelan

Map of St James American Cemetery

Recensement fédéral des États-Unis de 1940
Source : Ancestry

Robert, who resided at 6 East Summit Avenue, Richardson Park, Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Private First Class with the 328th Transportation Corps Harbor Craft Company, U.S. Army during World War II. He enlisted in the Army on September 16, 1940 in Wilmington, Delaware. He was noted as being Single, without dependents.

He was reported "Missing In Action" when the ship he was being transported from England to France was attacked and sunk in the English Channel during the war.

He had served in the Army for over two years at the time of his death and was awarded a Purple Heart. Service # 20255980

Source : David McSwain

For the Normandy invasion, the US Army created the Harbor Craft Companies to man it's small supply craft, mostly barges, cranes, and tug boats

The harbor craft company was a military unit organized for the purpose of ferrying cargo from freighters and transports arriving in theaters of operation

Cargo from ships were loaded by Transportation Corps port company personnel onto barges. Tugs, tow boats, or marine tractors then propelled the barges to the shore for unloading. 

Source : Ancestry