40th Tank Battalion Deaths in Europe

In Memoriam

40th Tank Battalion
Deaths in Europe
Photographs

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This page contains the photographs of members of 40th Tank Bn who died overseas in World War II.
For the complete list of all 40th Tank 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 40th Tank Battalion man who died overseas, 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
Send e-mail to wwjohnston@aol.com.
For ALL other e-mail matters, please click here for information about contacting me.

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.

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This page contains only those men for whom I have photographs.
For the complete list of all 40th Tank Bn overseas deaths, click here.

Cpl. Frank Aldrich (31 447 982) - Company A
KIA December 22, 1944 at 815-891 [or 815-890], just east of Rodt, Belgium - Age: 26y 10m 19d
MOS: 616 (Tank Gunner) - Home Town: Westerly, RI - Buried at St. Sebastian's Cemetery; Westerly, RI
Photo provided by son Frank Aldrich, via Bob Watz

Pfc. Roman V. Janousek (37 323 937) - Battalion Headquarters
Died 7 Nov 1944 of wounds suffered 4 Nov 1944 in vicinity of Ospel, Netherlands - Age: 28y 4m 23d
MOS: 531 (Cannoneer) - Home Town: Veseleyville, ND - Buried at Saint Lukes Cemetery; Veseleyville, ND
FindAGrave.

T/5 Randall Klinger (33 162 614) - Company D (Light Tanks)
KIA 7 Sep 1944 en route from Pierrevillers to Maizieres-les-Metz, France - Age: 25y 0m 14d
MOS: 736 (Driver) - Home Town: Steelton, PA - Memorialized at Wall of Missing at Hamm, Luxembourg U.S. Military Cemetery
Webpage on his final combat
Photos thanks to Joanne Maitland, grand-daughter of his sister

Pvt. Henry George Lemke (37 324 182) - Headquarters Company, Recon Platoon
KIA August 28, 1944 at Dormans, France - Age: 22y 4m 20d
MOS: 761 (Scout) - Home Town: St. Paul, MN - Buried at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery; St. Paul, MN
Photo provided by Nephew John Lemke

Pvt. Delbert J. Longworth (37 322 917) - Headquarters Company, Recon Platoon
KIA August 22, 1944 at Echarcon, France - Age: 25y 2m 20d
MOS: 761 (Scout) - Home Town: Sleepy Eye, MN - Buried at Catholic Cemetery; Sleepy Eye, MN
Photo provided by Nephew Charles Longworth
Click here for web page about memorial plaque at Echarcon.

Pfc. John Lawrence Mordo (33 179 957) - Headquarters Company, Assault Gun Platoon
Died August 26, 1944 at 34th Evacuation Hospital at Bouville, France from wounds suffered the same day, probably at Bernay-Vilbert, France - Age: 24y 5m 16d
MOS: 531 (Cannoneer) - Home Town: Mayfield, PA - Buried at Brittany US Military Cemetery; St. James, France; Section 8 Row 4 Grave 121
Photo provided by Nephew Steven Mordo and his sister via Christina Boody (great granddaughter of AG Platoon CO Lt. Franklin Hepworth)
Click here for web page about memorial plaque at Nesles-la-Gilberde, Lumigny-Nesles-Ormeaux, France.

Sgt. Albert Anthony Moretti (32 253 186) - Company A
KIA November 30, 1944 at Lindern, Germany - Age: 25y 3m 11d
MOS: 795 (Tank Commander) - Home Town: New Hartford, NY - Buried at Netherlands USMC (Margraten, Netherlands) A-21-6
Photo thanks to ET via FindAGrave

Sgt. Leonard A. Reamer (36 167 820) - Company B
Died September 9, 1944 at Maizieres-les-Metz, France - Age: 27y 0m 22d
MOS: 795 (Tank Commander) - Home Town: Detroit, MI - Memorialized on the Wall of Missing at Lorraine US Military Cemetery; St. Avold, France
Photo provided by cousin Leonard Spigoda's wife Beverly
FindAGrave
Webpage on his final combat

S/Sgt. Truman Luther Van Tine (36 037 256) - Company C
Died December 18, 1944 of wounds same day at Poteau, Belgium - Age: 25y 3m 12d
MOS: 651 (Tank Commander) - Home Town: Gladstone, IL - Buried at Henri-Chapelle, Belgium US Military Cemetery; Section A Row 12 Grave 30
Photo from World War II Registry, thanks to daughter Jacqueline Schwigen
Click here for CRIBA web page about him.

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