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411th Infantry Regiment (A Co) Plaque

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Details:

On a granite stand in front of a flagpole to the left of the entrance of a French WWI cemetery. Plaque


Dark metal plaque with raised lettering. 

The plaque remembers the fallen of A Company, 411th Infantry Regiment, 103rd "Cactus" Infantry Division during the liberation of the town.

Monument Text:

NOVEMBER 22, 1944

 

SOLDIERS, THEY CAME TO THIS PLACE AND DIED

IN FULL YOUTH AND FAR FROM HOME.

 

PFC. ROSENDO CARDENAS

SIMONTON, TEXAS 

 

S/SGT. RUSSEL FUCCY

DETROIT, MICHIGAN

 

S/SGT. FRANK CARACCIO JR.

CENTERVILLE, IOWA 

 

PVT.  HENRY GAYNOR

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

 

PVT. EDWARD V. CIRICILLO

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY

 

PVT. WILLIAM JAMES

METROPOLIS, ILLINOIS

 

PFC. BAYARD DODGE JR.

BRONX, NEW YORK

 

PVT. JAMES H. VANOVER

INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI

 

 

 

ERECTED OCTOBER 1989

BY COMRADES, NO LONGER YOUNG.

COMPANY A, 411TH INFANTRY

UNITED STATES ARMY

 

 

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING,

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

 

 

ERIGE EN CES LIEUX A PERPETUITE, GRACE A LA GENEREUS

COOPERATION DES HABITANTS DE SAULCY-SUR-MEURTHE

 

 

English translation:

 

ERIGE EN CES LIEUX A PERPETUITE, GRACE A LA GENEREUS COOPERATION DES HABITANTS DE SAULCY-SUR-MEURTHE

Erected in this place perpetually, thanks to the generous cooperation of the inhabitants of Saulcy-Sur-Meurthe.

 

 



Commemorates:

People:

Frank, Jr. Caraccio

Rosendo Cardenas

Edward V. Ciricillo

Bayard Jr. Dodge

Russel Fuccy

Henry Gaynor

William F. James

James H. Vanover

Units:

103rd Infantry Division

411th Infantry Regiment, 103rd Infantry Division

United States Army

Wars:

WWII

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