>Can anyone give me a good web page for info on the above? I would like to
>take my grandfather there in the coming weeks. He was a WW II vet.
There's a great website at http://www.dday.org/ that has all the
information you need.
Recently BeJe Garrett of the National D-Day Foundation sent me this list of
the men of Bedford in the 29th who died at Normandy:
A monument in front of the Bedford County Courthouse has the following
inscription:
"JUNE 6, 1944"
"ERECTED BY THE PARKER-HOBACK POST, 29TH DIVISION ASSOCIATION, IN MEMORY OF
THE BEDFORD COUNTY MEN OF THE 116TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 29TH DIVISION, WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE PREPARATION FOR AND THE PARTICIPATION IN THE
NORMANDY INVASION AND LATER BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II.
COMPANY A
LESLIE C. ABBOTT, JR. CLIFTON G. LEE
WALLACE R. CARTER EARL L. PARKER
JOHN D. CLIFTON JACK G. POWERS
ANDREW J. COLEMAN JOHN F. REYNOLDS
FRANK P. DRAPER, JR. WELDON A. ROSAZZA
TAYLOR N. FELLERS JOHN B. SCHENK
CHARLES W. FIZER RAY O. STEVENS
NICK N. GILLASPIE GORDON H. WHITE, JR.
BEDFORD T. HOBACK JOHN L. WILKES
RAYMOND S. HOBACK ELMERE P. WRIGHT
GRANT C. YOPP
COMPANY C COMPANY F
JOSEPH E. PARKER, JR. JOHN W. DEAN
THIS STONE TAKEN FROM THE AREA OF VIERVILLE-SUR-MER ON THE NORMANDY BEACH,
A GIFT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE, WAS DEDICATED JUNE 6, 1954."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Listed below are the names of the above with their date of death, place of
burial, and the source(s) for this information:
COMPANY A
Leslie C. Abbott, Jr., KIA June 6, 1944, bur. Oakwood Cemetery, Bedford, VA
(C-T FH; VWD; MR)
Wallace R. Carter, KIA June 6, 1944, bur. ???? (VWD; MR)
John D. Clifton, KIA June 6, 1944, bur. ???? (VWD; MR)
Frank P. Draper, KIA June 6, 1944, bur. Greenwood Cemetery, Bedford, VA
(C-T FH; VWD; MR)
Taylor N. Fellers, KIA June 6, 1944, bur. Greenwood Cemetery, Bedford, VA
(C-T FH; MR)
Nick N. Gillaspie, KIA June 6, 1944, bur. Normandy American Cemetery,
France (ABMC; VWD; MR)
Bedford T. Hoback, KIA June 6, 1944, bur. Normandy American Cemetery,
France (ABMC; VWD; MR)
Raymond S. Hoback, MIA June 6, 1944, "Tablets of Missing", Normandy
American Cemetery, France (ABMC; VWD; MR)
Clifton G. Lee, KIA June 6, 1944, bur. Normandy American Cemetery, France
(ABMC; MR)
Earl L. Parker, MIA June 6, 1944, "Tablets of Missing", Normandy American
Cemetery, France (ABMC; VWD; MR)
Jack G. Powers, KIA June 6, 1944, bur. Normandy American Cemetery, France
(ABMC; VWD; MR)
John F. Reynolds, KIA June 6, 1944, bur. Greenwood Cemetery, Bedford, VA
(C-T FH; VWD; MR)
Weldon A. Rosazza, KIA June 6, 1944, bur. Normandy American Cemetery,
France (ABMC; VWD; MR)
John B. Schenk, KIA June 6, 1944, bur. Normandy American Cemetery, France
(ABMC; VWD; MR)
Ray O. Stevens, KIA June 6, 1944, bur. Greenwood Cemetery, Bedford, VA
(C-TFH; VWD; MR)
Gordon H. White, Jr., KIA June 6, 1944, bur. Forest, VA (VWD; MR)
John L. Wilkes, KIA June 6, 1944, bur. Greenwood Cemetery, Bedford, VA (C-T
FH; VWD; MR)
Elmere P. Wright, KIA June 6, 1944, bur. Normandy American Cemetery (ABMC;
VWD; MR)
Grant C. Yopp, KIA June 6, 1944, bur. Normandy American Cemetery (ABMC;
VWD; MR)
Andrew J. Coleman, died July 16, 1944 (VWD; newspaper account, Bedford
City/County Museum; C-T FH)
Charles W. Fizer, KIA July 11, 1944 (VWD; newspaper account, Bedford
City/County Museum)
COMPANY C
Joseph E. Parker, Jr., KIA August 27, 1944, bur. Brittany American
Cemetery, France (ABMC; VWD)
COMPANY F
John W. Dean, KIA June 17, 1944 (newspaper account, Bedford City/County
Museum)
SOURCES:
ABMC - American Battle Monuments Commission
VWD - "Personal War Service Record of Virginia's War Dead" (Virginia State
Archives)
MR - Morning Reports, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, MO
C-T FH - Carder-Tharp Funeral Home, Bedford, VA
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