Luther Letus BONE


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BONE L uther L - 9 IR 2 ID

Source : Laura Wilkerson

NUMBER OF SERVICE35108965
AGE24 yo
DATE OF BIRTH25 April 1920 Carlisle County, KENTUCKY
ENLISTMENT STATESt Clair ILLINOIS
FAMILYParents : Joseph Dewitt & Mary Jane Cagle
Siblings : Alden, Howard Taft, Irice Cagle, Robert Lewis, Wanna Lee & Walter Roscoe
RANKSergeant
FONCTION Infantry Man
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENTFarmerNE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 8 October 1941 LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
COMPANYCompany
REGIMENT 9th Infantry Regiment
DIVISION 2nd Infantry Division
DATE OF DEATH26 August 1944

BONE L uther L - 9 IR 2 ID

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STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHBattle of Brest
CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  Saint James N°3578

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CEMETERYBRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James (Montjoie St Martin)

Map of St James American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
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DECORATION

Bronze Star & Oak Leaf Cluster

Purple Heart & Oak Leaf Cluster

World War II Victory Medal 

Combat Infantryman Badge

 

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STORY
 

BONE L uther L - 9 IR 2 ID

Source : Laura Wilkerson

 

BONE L uther L - 9 IR 2 ID

Memorial with his brother located in Roselawn Cemetery in Bardwell

Source : Vivian Knight

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Luther Letus Bone was born 25 April 1920 in Cunningham, Carlisle, Kentucky. He was so small when he was born that they called him “Tincy” (meaning very small, perhaps pronounced “teensy”?). He was the youngest of seven children of Joseph DeWitt Bone and Mary Jane Cagle. His father was a farm operator; the family was Protestant. He completed grammar school and worked as a farm laborer. In 1941, he was living in St Clair, Illinois, and working at a restaurant. On his draft registration, Luther was described as six foot two-and-a-half inches tall, 165 pounds, with a light complexion, brown hair, and brown eyes.

Luther enlisted as a Private in the US Army on 8 October 1941 in Louisville, Kentucky. He fought with the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division. The regiment (known as the Manchus) traveled to Europe in October 1943 for the invasion of France. Luther was admitted to the hospital for acute laryngitis in January 1944, for acute gastritis in February, and again for acute nasopharyngitis in March.

On 7 June 1944 (D-Day +1) the Manchu Regiment set foot on the hostile soil of Omaha Beach, Normandy and immediately moved forward to capture Rubercy. Within three days they had intercepted the main rail line between Cherbourg and Paris and had driven through the Carisy Forest. Later, the 9th captured the town of St. Germaine d' Elle. It spearheaded a three-day drive south to enter Tinchebray.

They moved from Normandy to the Brittany peninsula on 19 August 1944. It was on this peninsula, during the Battle of Brest that some of the most courageous acts of the war are recorded. The city of Brest contained a key Fort located in a comer of the Brittany peninsula that governed a large inlet. The city was to be held at all costs. Constant pressure was maintained on the defenses by the Indianhead Division and other Allied units.

Luther was killed in action on 26 August 1944 from a bullet in the thorax. He was buried in the Buried in Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, at Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France. He earned the rank of Sergeant and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Purple Heart Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, and additional Army awards. 

 

div 2            2nd INFANTRY DIVISION

Cette unité de l'armée américaine est la seule division à avoir été formée en France lors de la première guerre mondiale, la 2nd "Indian head" est mise sur pied en octobre 1917 à Bourmont (Haute-Marne).

Elle participa à cinq grandes offensives, s'illustra particulièrement lors de la bataille du Bois de Belleau et à Saint-Mihiel puis resta engagée jusqu'à l'armistice, et fit partie des forces d'occupation de l'Allemagne jusqu'en juillet 1919.

En 1942, elle stationne à Fort Houston (Texas), rattachée au VIII Corps de la 3rd Army, puis pendant l'hiver est envoyée au Camp McCoy dans le Wisconsin pour s'entrainer. L'été suivant (août à septembre 1943) l'Indian Head participe aux grandes monoeuvres de la 3rd Army, en Louisianne, avant de retourner à Camp McCoy.

En octobre la division embarque pour l'Europe, faisant escale à Belfast,elle rejoint la Grande-Bretagne et pousuit l'entrainement.

Dans le cadre de l'opération Overlord, la 2nd Inf Div débarque le 7 juin sur la plage d'Omaha et dès le 9 elle prend part à la libération de Trévières.

Poursuivant le combat tout au long de la campagne de Normandie, elle sera notament engagée, début juillet vers Saint-Lô, avec pour objectif Cloville, mais se heurte à deux régiments de parachutistes allemands (5e et 9e Fallschirmajâger Rgt) qui défendent âprement chaque pousse de terrain.

Le 29 juillet l'Indian Head prend part à l'opération Cobra, sous les ordres du Ve Corps progresse en direction de Thorigny-sur-Vire, et réussi à franchir la Vire, après des combats dans le secteur de Tinchebray à la mi-août, elle est désengagée du front pour se reposer.

La division reprend le combat en Bretagne, notament lors du siège de Brest, puis en septembre elle occupe un secteur défensif sur la ligne Sigfried près de Saint-Vith.

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Après le franchissement du Rhin, et sa réorganisation elle poursuit sa progression en Allemagne, lorsque survient l'armistice, la 2nd Division se trouve à Pilzen vers la frontière Tchécoslovaque.

 

 

CAMPAGNES
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
JOURS DE COMBAT: 303
 
PRIX ET DÉCORATIONS
Medals of Honor: 6
Distinguished Service Crosses: 34
Distinguished Service Medals: 1
Silver Stars: 741
Legion of Merits: 25
Soldier Medals: 14
Bronze Stars: 5 530
Air Medals: 89
Distinguished Unit Citations: 16
 
VICTIMES
Total battle casualties: 16 795
Killed in action: 3 031
Wounded in action: 12 785
Missing in action: 193
Prisoner of war: 786

 

 

 

CONFIGURATION DE LA 2nd INFANTRY DIVISION
Division Headquarters Company
9th Infantry Regiment9ri
Headquarters Company Service Company 
1st Battalion 2nd Battalion
3rd Battalion Cannon Company
Anti Tank Company Medical Detachment
23rd Infantry Regiment23ri
Headquarters Company Service Company 
1st Battalion 2nd Battalion
3rd Battalion Cannon Company
Anti Tank Company Medical Detachment
38th Infantry Regiment38ir
Headquarters Company Service Company 
1st Battalion 2nd Battalion
3rd Battalion Cannon Company
Anti Tank Company Medical Detachment
Division Artillery
Headquarters Battery  
15th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) 37th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
38th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) 12nd Field Artillery Battalion (155mm)
Medical Detachment
2nd Engineer Battalion 2nd Medical Battalion
2nd Cavalry Recon Troop 2nd Signal Company
702nd OD Light Maintenance Company 2nd Quatermaster Compan
Military Police Platoon
741st Tank Battalion 612nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
644th Tank Destroyer Battalion 462nd Anti-Aircraft Battalion

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