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John E. TUCKER
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| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O-1100369 | ||||||||||
| AGE | yo | ||||||||||
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| ETAT | Ingham County OKLAHOMA | ||||||||||
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| RANK | Major | ||||||||||
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| JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT | engineer |  | |||||||||
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| BATTALION | 300th Engineer Combat Battalion | ||||||||||
| ARMY | 1st Army | ||||||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 27 June 1944 |  | |||||||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Between Carentan and St Hilaire Petitville | ||||||||||
| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | ||||||||||
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Battalion Commander Maj J. TUCKER, Lt O. LUTZ, Capt G. FALVEY, Lt H. WEBENDORFER, Lt LASSEN, & Lt KETTLER. | ||||||||||
MISSION du 300th
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The 300th Engineer Combat Battalion is activated on March 01, 1943 October 02, 1943 arrival at White Oregon Camps
The 300th leaves the United States in the early days of December on the Queen Mary. departure from the port of New York. The 300th arrives on December 09, 1943 in Gourock SCOTLAND On June 04, 1944 the 300th ships first ships. Ready for the day D June 06, 1944 the 300th engineer combat battalion is assigned to the 1st Army On June 16, 1944 the LST 87 lands the first rung of the 300th at Utah Beach On June 19, 1944 the LST 523 was to disembark the second rung of the 300th On June 27, 1944 the LST 59 lands the third rung on Utah Beach | ||||||||||
| SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTO | Clive TIRLEMONT - 300thcombatengineersinwwii.com - Frédéric LAVERNHE |
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| PROGRAMMER | Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |