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Sergeant Kelly

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At 44 avenue Marechal Foch in Saint Cloud, on the left pillar entering the children's playground. A stone plaque dedicating the square to Staff Sergeant Lawrence R. Kelly.

Monument Text:

VILLE DE SAINT CLOUD

SQUARE

LAWRENCE R. KELLY

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CE SQUARE

EST DÉDIÉ AU SERGENT CHEF

LAWRENCE R. KELLY

D'ALTOONA (PENNSYLVANIE)

QUI FUT

MORTELLEMENT BLESSÉ

LE 25 AOUT 1944

LORS DE SON ENTRÉE DANS SAINT CLOUD

EN AVANT GARDE

DE L'ARMÉE LIBÉRATRICE

DU GÉNÉRAL PATTON

 

English translation:

City of Saint Cloud. This plaque is dedicated to Staff Sergeant Lawrence R. Kelly of Altoona, Pennsylvania, who was mortally wounded on 25 August 1944 while entering Saint Cloud in the advanced party of General Patton's liberating Army.

Commemorates:

People:

Lawrence Russell Kelly

Units:

United States Army

Wars:

WWII

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