Sergeants Charley Holm and Archie Taylor -36th Infantry Division
Details:
Attached to the base of the town's war memorial, at the bottom.
A stone plaque with gold leaf inscription in French.
The memorial remembers two sergeants of the 143rd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Divsion who fell while liberating the village.
Monument Text:
HOMMAGE AUX SSGT CHARLEY A. HOLM
SGT ARCHIE M. TAYLOR
36EME DIVISION US TEXAS
143EME REGIMENT D'INFANTRIE
MORTS AU COMBAT
LE 20 NOVEMBER 1944 POUR LA LIBERATION DE SAINT-LEONARD.
English translation:
Honor to Staff Sergeant Charley A. Holm and Sergeant Archie M. Tayor, 36th Division US, Texas, 143rd Infantry Regiment, Killed in Combat on 20 November 1944 for the liberation of St Leonard.
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
143rd Infantry Regiment, 36th Division
36th Infantry Division
7th Army
United States Army
Wars:
WWII
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