John Bourke DALY

 

daly john bourke
NUMBER OF SERVICEO-017194
AGE42 yo
DATE OF BIRTH27 january 1902 Renville, Renville County, MINNESOTA
ETATMINNESOTA
FAMILY

Parent: Richard Timothy DALY & Lillian Jane JOHNSON DALY

Siblings: Richard T & Harriet Evelyn DALY FAWCETT
RANKLieutenant Colonel
FONCTIONInfantry
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT-MN
DATE of ENLISTEMENT-
DIVISION
  
Division Artillery
90th Infantry Division
DATE OF DEATH18 august  1944daly john bourke tombe
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHSector Chambois, ORNE
CEMETERYBRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James

Map of St James American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
E141
DECORATION

Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

European African Middle Eastern Campaing Medal

American Campaign Medal 

World War II Victory Medal

Combat Infantryman Badge

ph olc

EAMECampaign

american campaign medal

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

us army div 90
STORY

Daly John B1

Lieutenant Colonel, John Bourke DALY
No : 0-017194. U.S. Army WW2. Division Artillery, 90th Infantry Division.
KIA 18 August 1944 at Normandy France
Awards : Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster.
From Minisota USA .
He is officer on right This man is my cousin
Buried at Memorial Cemetery: Brittany American Cemetery Memorial Country: St. James, France Memorial Location: Plot E Row 4 Grave 1
Awards: Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster Regiment: Division Artillery, 90th Infantry Division The 90th Infantry Division landed in England, 5 April 1944, and trained from 10 April to 4 June.
First elements of the division saw action on D-Day, 6 June, on Utah Beach, Normandy, the remainder entering combat 10 June, cutting across the Merderet River to take Pont l'Abbe in heavy fighting.
After defensive action along the river Douve, the division attacked to clear the Foret de Mont-Castre (Hill 122), clearing it by 11 July, in spite of fierce resistance. In this action the Division suffered 5000 killed, wounded, or captured, one of the highest casualty rates suffered in WW II. An attack on the island of Saint-Germain-sur-Sèves on 23 July failed so the 90th bypassed it and took Périers on 27 July. On 12 August, the division drove across the Sarthe River, north and east of Le Mans, and took part in the closing of the Falaise Gap, by reaching 1st Polish Armored Division in Chambois, 19 August , when John was KIA . the 90th Infantry Division as a whole, experienced some vicious combat during that period in Normandy. The unit was next to THEM ON THE LEFT , the 8th Infantry Division during most of July 1944. Two terrible battles that your great uncle fought were Hill 122, or the Foret de Mont Castre, a forested covered hill that was defended in depth by the Germans. Another ferocious battle was called "The Island."
This was actually a piece of high ground with a river on one side and swamps on the other. The Germans had flooded the area prior to D-Day. The only way to advance for the 90th Division was through this heavily defended "island" that contained one German machine gun nest after another. In both battles, the 90th Division took serious casualties. The American high command blamed the 90th Division for slow progress.
They, particularly the then commander of First US Army Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley, believed that the problem was at division command. He relieved two division commanders until he got results. At one point, Bradley even considered disbanding the whole 90th Division, and parceling them out to other units. The 90th Division went on to be one of the best units in General Patton's famed Third Army.


SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOAbmc.gov - Honorstate.org - Findagrave.com - 90thdivisionassoc.org - Jean-François PELLOUAIS - Valentin GASCHER
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