Luther Letus BONE
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Source : Laura Wilkerson | |||||||
NUMBER OF SERVICE | 35108965 | ||||||
AGE | 24 yo | ||||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 25 April 1920 Carlisle County, KENTUCKY | ||||||
ENLISTMENT STATE | St Clair ILLINOIS | ||||||
FAMILY | Parents : Joseph Dewitt & Mary Jane Cagle Siblings : Alden, Howard Taft, Irice Cagle, Robert Lewis, Wanna Lee & Walter Roscoe | ||||||
RANK | Sergeant | ||||||
FONCTION | Infantry Man | ||||||
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | Farmer | ||||||
DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 8 October 1941 LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY | ||||||
COMPANY | Company | ||||||
REGIMENT | 9th Infantry Regiment | ||||||
DIVISION | 2nd Infantry Division | ||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 26 August 1944 |
Source : F Lavernhe | |||||
STATUS | KIA | ||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | Battle of Brest | ||||||
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CEMTERY TEMPORARY of Saint James N°3578 | ||||||
CEMETERY | BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY of St James (Montjoie St Martin) | ||||||
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Source : Laura Wilkerson |
Memorial with his brother located in Roselawn Cemetery in Bardwell Source : Vivian Knight | ||||||
By eyoung324 Fold3 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. | |||||||
SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Findagrave.com - Abmc.gov - Aad.archives.gov - Fold 3 |
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PROGRAMMER | Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |