In Memoriam
814th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Deaths in Europe
Photographs
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This page contains the photographs of members of 814th Tank Destroyer Bn who died overseas in World War II.
For the complete list of all 814th Tank Destroyer 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)


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  • photos
  • information on any of these men's deaths
  • information on what platoon and squad they were in
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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


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    This page contains only those men for whom I have photographs.
    For the complete list of all 814th Tank Destroyer Bn overseas deaths, click here.

    Pvt. Arthur Owen Bosley (37 355 603) - Medical Detachment
    KIA October 29, 1944 just north of Heitrak, Netherlands, along the road going to Liesel, after it makes the curve to the west but before it reaches the junction with the road to Hoogebrug (see 814 TD A/AR overlay #9) - Age: 24y 0m 14d
    MOS: 861 (Surgical Technician) - Home Town: Old Town, ME (originally Clifton, CO) - Buried at I. O. O. F. Cemetery; Palisade, Colorado
    7th Armored Division General Orders #26 (30 Jan 1945):
    "III. POSTHUMOUS AWARD OF SILVER STAR: By direction of the President, and under the provisions of AR 600-45, as amended, and circular No. 2, Headquarters First United States Army, 4 January 1945, the Silver Star is posthumously awarded to: Private Arthur O. Bosley (Army Serial Number 37355603), Medical Department, formerly 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion, United States Army, for distinguishing himself by gallantry in action in Holland, from 27 October 1944 to 29 October 1944. Entered the military service from Colorado."
    "Pvt. Arthur O. Bosley (Army serial number 37355604), Medical Department, while serving with the Army of the United States, distinguished himself by gallantry in action in connection with military operations against the enemy from 27 October 1944 to 29 October 1944, in the area of Asten, Holland. During the fierce action in Holland, Pvt. Bosley repeatedly braved death to aid his wounded comrades. When an ammunition half-track was hit and set afire trapping a wounded lieutenant, Pvt. Bosley unhesitatingly went to his rescue. Despite the great danger from the exploding load of shells, he succeeded in moving the officer to safety, saving his life. During the same engagement, Pvt. Bosley moved thru heavy artillery, mortar and small arms fire to evacuate seriously wounded troops. While moving back across the fire-swept field to help still other casualties, Pvt. Bosley was killed when his unarmored 1/4-ton truck sustained a direct hit from an 88-mm gun. His courageous devotion to duty and spirit of self sacrifice, even at the cost of his own life, reflect high credit upon himself and the armed forces."

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    Sgt. Myron Jerome Christiansen (37 545 598) - Company B
    Died Non-Battle in Line of Duty April 7, 1945 at or enroute from from Langewiese, Germany to Winkhausen, Germany - Age: 24y 0m 14d
    MOS: 602 (?Tank Destroyer Squad Leader?) - Home Town: Minneapolis, MN - Buried at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery (Minneapolis, MN) Plot B-1-0,467-N
    Photo thanks to his step-sister's son David Shurick
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    Capt. Enos Ralph Fenderson (O-1 821 843l; pre-commission enlisted 20 833 032) - Headquarters Company Commanding Officer
    KIA December 18, 1944 in vicinity of vic. Vielsalm-St. Vith, Belgium, possibly Fouron-le-Comte, Belgium - Age: 24y 5m 4d
    MOS: (not yet known) - Home Town: Chandler, OK - Buried at Oak Park Cemetery; Lincoln County, Oklahoma
    Photo from Calvin Boykin's book "Gare la Bète" (history of 814 TD Bn)

    Pfc. Leonard Samuel Forest (37 467 515) - Company A
    KIA August 27, 1944 in France - Age: 26y 11m 14d
    MOS: (not yet known) - Home Town: Onida, SD - Buried at Maplewood Cemetery; Iroquois, SD
    Photo from South Dakota War Memorial page about him.

    Pvt. William H. Harrington (37 324 182) - 3rd Platoon of Recon Company
    KIA 19 December 1944 (officially 20 December) just southwest of Sommerain, Belgium, along the road from Houffalize, enroute to Vielsalm - Age: 20y 9m 3d
    MOS: 745 (Rifleman) - Home Town: Red Cloud, NE - Buried at Henri-Chapelle, Belgium USMC H-13-6
    Photo provided to National World War II Regsitry by nephew Robert M. Harrington
    Click here for webpage on action in which he was killed.

    Tec 5 Warren Edward Kuhn (37 492 652) - Pioneer Platoon or Heqaduqarters of Recon Company
    KIA March 17, 1945 probably at Mehlem Germany - based at Villip, Germany and killed along the Rhine River; Kuhn and O'Neal went to look at Rhine, from a park area, and someone shot from across river and killed them - Age: ??y ??m ??d
    MOS: 776 (Radio Operator, Low Speed) - Home Town: Kansas City, MO - Buried at Henri-Chapelle, Belgium USMC D-6-11
    Photo provided from niece Heather Kuhn Roelker web page on her uncle (thanks to Niek Hendrix for alerting me)

    Capt. William Edward McKinley (O-1 821 895) - Company B Commanding Officer
    Died November 7, 1944 of wounds suffered October 28, 1944 along road between Asten and Meijel, Netherlands - Age: 30y 9m 5d
    MOS: 1222 (Tank Destroyer Unit Commander) - Home Town: Hayesville, OH - Hayesville, OH
    Photo thanks to nephew John McKinley
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    Tec 4 Norbert Walter Paul (37 324 182) - Company A
    KIA November 23, 1944 in vicinity of Gereonsweiler, Germany - Age: 22y 2m 25d
    MOS: (Chief Radio Technician) - Home Town: Appleton, MN - Buried Netherlands USMC (Margraten, Holland) C-6-28
    Photo provided by volunteer grave caretaker Jan Bardoul of Heerlen, Netherlands

    Cpl. Bernard Jacob Schlorholtz (37 652 274) - Company (not yet known)
    KIA September 13, 1944 in ?greater vicinity of Metz area?, France - Age: 22y 9m 1d
    MOS: (not yet known) - Home Town: Breda, IA - Buried at Wheatlands Presbyterian Church in Breda, IA
    Photo provided by niece Esther Schlorholtz

    Pfc. Samuel E. Slight (37 652 032) - Company A
    Died 29 November 1944 at 53rd Field Hospital in Holland of wounds suffered 25 November 1944 ?vicinity of Gereonsweiler-Setterich?, Germany - Age: 22y 8m 13d
    MOS: (not yet known) - Home Town: Stuart, IA - Buried at Netherlands USMC (Margraten, Holland) C-6-23
    Photo provided by Samuel Slight's family, thanks to Pieter Keulers, caretaker of Samuel Slight's grave at Margraten

    Cpl. Stanley A. Sypkowski (32 679 223) - Company (not yet known)
    Died 3 December 1944 of wounds suffered 1 December 1944 at Immendorf, Germany - Age: 21y 2m 22d
    MOS: (not yet known) - Home Town: Auburn, NY - Buried at St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery; Auburn, NY
    Photo provided by niece Roben Shappell

    Pvt. Richard J. G. Wait (37 492 840) - Medical Detachment
    KIA 8 September 1944 in vicinity of Marange-Silvange, France - Age: 29y 11m 21d
    MOS: (not yet known - probably medic) - Home Town: Kansas City, MO - Buried at Newton Burial Park; Nevada, MO
    Photo provided by grand-daughter Stephanie Leary

    Pvt. Fred Wayt (37 704 754) - Company B
    KIA 29 October 1944 along the road between Meijel and Asten, Netherlands - Age: 34y 4m 24d
    MOS: 531 (Cannoneer) - Home Town: Pueblo, CO - Never recovered and identified, commemorated on Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands U. S. Military Cemetery at Margraten, Netherlands
    Photo provided by nephew Charles Wayt (thanks to Paul Webber, Tom Lutge and Werner van Osch)
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    1st Lt. Clifford Samuel Wennerstrand (O-18 257 785) - Company C
    KIA 19 December 1944 (officially 20 December) just southwest of Sommerain, Belgium, along the road from Houffalize, enroute to Vielsalm - Age: 27y 6m 2d
    MOS: 1222 (Tank Destroyer Unit Commander) - Home Town: working in Chicago, IL at time of draft (Westboro, WI) - Buried at Mount of Olive Cemetery; Westboro, WI
    Photo thanks to nephew Robert H. Wennerstrand
    Click here for webpage on action in which he was killed.


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