In Memoriam
23rd Armored Infantry Battalion
Deaths in Europe
Photographs
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This page contains the photographs of members of 23rd Armored Infantry Bn who died overseas in World War II.
For the complete list of all 23rd Armored Infantry Bn overseas deaths, click here.

Spare a minute
to think
of the young who didn't grow up,
and how young they looked when they died,
and how no one will ever remember them looking tired and middle-aged
or even be bored by tiresome recitals of the time of their youth.

- - - - Russell Baker "How to Observe Dec. 7" (NY Times, Dec. 1965)


Please Help to Tell These Men's Stories and Preserve Their Memory!

PLEASE contact Wesley Johnston at the address below if you have any information on any 23rd Armored Infantry Bn man who died overseas (see the complete list), such as:

  • photos
  • information on any of these men's deaths
  • information on what platoon and squad they were in
  • know of any men who died but are not on the list
  • Wesley Johnston
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    Clovis, CA 93611-6163

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    So they will not be “Forgot”
    There is a word
    Which bears a sword
    It hurls its barbed syllables,—
    At once is mute again.
    But where it fell
    The saved will tell
    On patriotic day,
    Some epauletted brother
    Gave his breath away.
    Wherever runs the breathless sun,
    Wherever roams the day,
    There is its noiseless onset,
    There is its victory!
    Behold the keenest marksman!
    The most accomplished shot!
    Time’s sublimest target
    Is a soul “forgot”!
    ----- Emily Dickinson

    A Note for the Children of these Men

    The American World War II Orphans Network (AWON) is an organization created by and for those who lost their father in World War II. AWON has an annual conference and a newsletter filled with useful information. Click here to go to the AWON web page and find those who share your experience.


    If you have a better quality photo of any of these men, please contact me.

    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
    This page contains only those men for whom I have photographs.
    For the complete list of all 23rd Armored Infantry Bn overseas deaths, click here.

    Pfc. Edward A. Angelo (32 227 653) - Company "A"
    KIA August 16, 1944 Chartres, France - Age: 29y 6m 5d
    MOS: 607 (Light Mortar Crewman) - Home Town: officially from Bergen County, NJ but actually Yonkers, NY - Buried at Brittany USMC (St. James, France) B-4-6
    Photo provided by grandson Gary Goldstein

    1st Lt. Stuart Partridge Edson (O 467 449) - Battalion Headqaurters
    DOW October 6, 1944 vicinity of Oostrum, Netherlands from wounds suffered October 6, 1944 in vicinity of Overloon, Netherlands - Age: 24y 3m 17d
    MOS: 2260 - Home Town: Arlington, MA - Buried at Brookfield Cemetery; Brookfield, VT
    Photo provided by nephew Stuart Edson, thanks also to Patrick Mulders and Niek Hendrix

    Pvt. Harold Leroy Firestone (35 242 467) - Company "B"
    KIA September 8, 1944 at Moselle River at Dornot, France - Age: ??y ?m ??d
    MOS: 745 (Rifleman) - Home Town: Columbiana, OH - Buried at Columbiana Village Cemetery; Columbiana, OH
    Photo provided by niece Deborah Firestone-Hines

    Pvt. Orlan Oven Hatfield (35 072 132) - Company A
    KIA September 24, 1944 vicinity of Vittonville, France - Age: 33y 5m 3d
    MOS: 745 (Rifleman) - Home Town: Harrisville, WV - Buried at International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery; Harrisville, WV
    Photo from Find A Grave site of Nancy Simmons Roberson

    Pvt. Orville N. Hodlin (42 091 929) - Company C
    KIA October 19, 1944 vicinity of canal east of Deurne, Netherlands - Age: ??y ??m ??d
    MOS: 745 (Rifleman) - Home Town: (Jefferson County), NY - Buried at Henri-Chapelle, Belgium US Military Cemetery D-1-23
    Photo provided by Grandnephew Mark Aubrey, thanks to Joost Evertson who is the voluneer caretaker for Orville Hodlin's grave

    Cpl. Robert J. Schutta (32 214 147) - Headqaurters Company
    KIA September 11, 1944 in vicinity of Dornot, France - Age: ??y ??m ??d
    MOS: (not yet known) - Home Town: Queens, NY - Buried at Long Island National Cemetery H-7906; Farmingdale, NY
    Photo provided to National World War II Registry by sister Helen Mortensen

    T/Sgt. George A. Selner (36 042 207) - Company C (2nd Lt. Hank Greene's Platoon)
    KIA September 8, 1944 in vicinity of Dornot, France - Age: 30y 0m 3d
    MOS: (Platoon Sergeant) - Home Town: Chicago, IL - Buried at Rock Island, IL National Cemetery D-259
    Photo provided to National World War II Registry by brother-in-law Gordon I. Gerbick


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