List of 5th Infantry Division KIAs

during the Battle of Angers

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Angers is a medium town in the northwest of France
which was liberated by the 5th Infantry Division after a three day battle, 8-10 August 1944. Below is a list of Killed in Action during this battle. This list is not complete because it was created with lists from American Cemetery and some soldiers' remains were moved to the U.S.A. after the war. Only few names were added according to Units history or others.

Liste des tués au combat, de la 5ème Division d'Infanterie, durant le bataile d'Angers,
les 8, 9,et 10 aout 1944

Angers est une ville moyenne du nord ouest de la France
qui fut libérée par la 5th Infantry Division après trois jours de combats, du 8 au 10 août1944. Ci-dessous, la liste des tués au combat pendant cette batalille. Cette liste n'est pas complète, elle a été créée avec les listes venant des cimetières militaires américains, mais de nombreux corps ont été, à la demande des familles, transférés aux U.S.A. après la guerre.
Quelques noms ont été ajoutés, car ils sont notés dans les historiques des régiments.

Killed in action of the 5th Infantry Division from August 8 to August 12, 1944 in Angers area, FRANCE
Tués au combat de la 5ème Division d'Infanterie, du 8 au 12 août 1944, dans la région d'Angers, FRANCE

 

 

2nd Infantry Regiment 

August 9

Pvt Andrew L. Sabol (PH) (Br Cem-K-17-6)

 

10th Infantry Regiment

August 9

Company unknown

Pfc James D. Douglas (PH) (Br Cem-K-12-6)

Pvt Ralph E. Jones (PH) (Br Cem-K-4-7)

Pfc Frank Klosterkemper (PH) (Br Cem-L-6-20)

"K" Company

2nd Lt William E. Nowling (1st Platoon Leader, PH) (U.S.A., FL)

 

August 10

Company unknown

Pvt John L. Dabbieri (PH) (Br Cem-K-11-14)

Pvt Raymond J. Fox (PH) (Br Cem-L-9-10)

Pvt George H. Haller (PH) (Br Cem-M-4-15)

Pfc Leon Kizer (PH) (Br Cem-N-6-16)

Pvt Russell H. Patterson (PH) (Br Cem-L-14-10)

Tech Sgt Donald E. Smith (PH&CL) (Br Cem-L-2-9)

Pvt Charles F. Nosek (PH) (Br Cem-K-3-19)

 

August 11

Company unknown

Pfc Lawrence H. Jensen (PH) (Br Cem-G-3-2)

 

August 12

Company unknown

Pvt Louis Deitchman (PH) (Br Cem-C-11-7)



11th Infantry Regiment

August 8

"B" Company

Pvt Thomas C. Snyder (PH) (Br Cem-K-9-14)

"C" Company

Pfc Wallace W. Simmons (PH) (Br Cem-G-2-12)

Pfc Robert H. Richardson (PH) (Br Cem-G-7-12)

"F" Company

Staff Sgt Richard A. Knopp (PH) (Br Cem-O-4-12)

Pvt Joseph T. McCabe (PH&CL) (Br Cem-K-2-20)

Pfc John F. McGuire (PH) (Br Cem-E-11-18)

Pvt John R. Tucker (PH) (Br Cem-J-18-17)

Pvt Chester L. Finchum (PH) (Br Cem-K-6-21)

Pvt Charles H. Laskey (PH) (Br Cem-L-5-20)

Staff Sgt Schuyler J. Rodio (PH) (Br Cem-L-5-9)

Pfc James S. Brady (PH) (Br Cem-L-11-18)

"I" Company

Pvt Herbert E. Berry (PH) (Br Cem-K-1-1)

"L" Company

Pfc James E. Ryan (PH) (Br Cem-G-12-5)

Staff Sgt Ralph H. Lee (PH) (Br Cem-L-17-8)

"M" Company

Staff Sgt Thomas E. Currie (PH) (Br Cem-L-17-10)

 

August 9

"A" Company

Pfc Leonard B. Goodroe (PH) (Br Cem-O-5-24)

Pfc James W. Gatton (PH) (Br Cem-L-6-9)

"E" Company

Sgt Samuel H. Robinson (PH) (Br Cem-H-8-15)

Pfc Lafayette C. Putnam, Jr (PH) (Br Cem-L-3-9)

"I" Company

Pfc Edward C. Gaither (PH) (Br Cem-O-2-13)

Staff Sgt H. I. Mullins (PH) (Br Cem-L-8-18)

"K" Company

1st Lt Ralph A. Hardee (2nd Platoon Leader, DSC, PH) (Br Cem-G-3-17)

Sgt Robert Lee (MG Squad, Wpn Platoon, SilS) (Br Cem-G-4-17)

Pfc John Lanksford (Asst Gunner, Wpn Platoon) (U.S.A.)

Pfc Joseph L. Yesecavage (SilS, PH) (Br Cem-F-13-6)

Staff Sgt Charles W. Lowther, Jr (SilS, PH) (Br Cem-G-2-6)

Pfc Gordon A. Navarre (PH) (Br Cem-K-10-9)

Sgt Cletus R. Sams (SilS, PH) (Br Cem-K-2-19)

Staff Sgt Ivan Welsh (PH) (Br Cem-K-9-19)

"L" Company

Sgt Orville Doerr (PH) (USA) *

(rank unknown) George Green (PH) (USA) *

Sgt George Geszvain (PH) (Br Cem-H-5-17)

Pfc Elmer G. Horn (PH) (Br Cem-K-4-19)

2nd Lt Andrew J. Keller (2nd Platoon Leader, PH) (Br Cem-L-12-10)

Pvt Clare E. McKeever (PH) (USA) *

Pvt Thomas W. Piper (PH) (USA) *

Staff Sgt Frank H. Weinheimer (PH) (Br Cem-L-2-17)

Medical Detachment

Pvt Carlson L. Biggers (PH) (Br Cem-A-13-14)

 

August 10

"B" Company

Staff Sgt Richard L. Murray (PH) (Br Cem-L-8-8)

"G" Company

Pvt Donald L. Richwine (PH) (Br Cem-G-6-10)

"I" Company

Pfc Daniel B. Durden (PH) (Br Cem-K-3-9)

"K" Company

Pfc Charles H. Spencer (PH) (Br Cem-G-14-5)

"L" Company

(Rank unknown) Thomas D. Tankersley (PH) (USA) *

"M" Company

Pfc Norman Callahan (PH) (Br Cem-K-6-17)

 

5th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop

August 8

Techn 4th Kenneth A. Anderson (PH) (Nor Cem-D-7-32)

Pvt Arthur H. Klug (PH) (Nor Cem-A-13-38)

 

August 10

Sgt Jesse Rice (PH) (Nor Cem-B-19-12)

DSC: Distinguished Service Cross

SilS; Silver Star

PH: Purple Heart

Br Cem: Brittany Cemetery, Normandy, France

Nor Cem: Normandy Cemetery, Normandy, France

B-19-12: Plot, Row, Grave

*: Information is from Captain Robert "Herb" Williams, Company "L" Commander.

 

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