Name:
Lewis J. Minnich
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
31059154
Unit:
48th Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division
Date of Death:
1944-08-27
State:
Vermont
Cemetery:
Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France
Plot:
B
Row:
2
Grave:
9
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
When Louis J. Minnich was born on November 8, 1919, in Poultney, Vermont, his father, Lewis, was 23 and his mother, Ella, was 20. He had one brother and three sisters. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Private First Class in the 48th Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division. He entered service in Vermont. He was noted as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Single, without dependents. He died on August 27, 1944, was initially buried at Villeneuve-sur-Auvers in France and is now buried at Brittany American Cemetery, St. James, France. Lewis "Died Of Wounds" received in action during the war and was awarded the Purple Heart.