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Nick Napoleon GILLASPIE
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | 20363645 | ||||||
| AGE | 26 yo | ||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 28 march 1918 | ||||||
| ETAT | Bedford County VIRGINIA | ||||||
| FAMILY | Parent: Charles C GILLASPIE & Ella B HOWELL | ||||||
| RANK | PFC | ||||||
| FONCTION | Infantry | ||||||
| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Farmer |  | |||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 3 february 1941 Fort Meade Maryland | ||||||
| COMPANY | Company A | ||||||
| REGIMENT | 116th Infantry Regiment | ||||||
| DIVISION | 29th Infantry Division Surnom "Blue and Gray" Devise "29th Let's go!" | ||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 6 june 1944 |  | |||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Omaha Beach | ||||||
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CEMETERY TEMPORARY of St Laurent N°3505
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| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||
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Nick was a passionate baseball player He had 4 brothers and was known for his kindness and good manners. On the QUEEN MARY boat that took NICK to England, he played the Rook (card game) and played very well at this game. He regularly wrote to his family but also to his neighbors Nick is part of the first wave of assault at the West end Task Force O on June 6, 1944 at 6:30 am, he is killed shortly after landing the ACL Almost all of the men who were first introduced to Nick's ACL died at the same time as him. That day 19 soldiers of Company A perished. These 19 soldiers were all from Bedford County. 2 other residents of Bedford County died in the fighting for the liberation of Normandy. The County of Bedford is the city that proportionally lost its most sons on the day of disembarkation in 15 minutes out of the 178 men of the company A who landed alone 19 escaped unharmed beaches of Normandy. In the city of Bedford several telegrams arrived the same day. At the end of the week 22 telegrams had arrived there. It was not a family in mourning but a whole city Originally the 116th Infantry Regiment is a regiment of the National Guard. On February 3, 1941 it is activated and incorporated in the 29th Infantry Division. The men of the National Guard of the 116th Infantry Regiment were summoned to Fort Meade, the fort at that time the new headquarters of the division To follow their formations the men passed by the Camp AP-HILL VIRGINIA (Frot Bragg CAROLINA OF NORTH) When the division was operational the 29th had several missions of protection of the territory among others the American ratings. The 29th Infantry Division departed from New York on October 5, 1942 first from Queen ELISABETH and Queen MARY to Scotland One day before landing the convoy of the Queen ELISABETH was attacked by a U BOAT Only one cruiser was a victim of this U BOAT and 332 English sailors perished | |||||||
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| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |