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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    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.

    Pvt. Woodrow Darius Andrus (39 472 183) - Company "B"
    Died November 10, 1944 of wounds suffered November 7, 1944 in vicinity of Ospel, Holland - Age: 28y 10m 13d
    MOS: 745 (Rifleman) - Home Town: Blaine, WA - Buried at Woodbine Cemetery; Puyallup, WA Sec A Blk 6 Lot 8 Gr 1 (See Find A Grave information)
    Photo provided by son Kenneth Andrus

    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

    Pfc. Floyd Harvey Cooper (34 904 328) - Company "A"
    KIA September 8, 1944 in the vicinity of Ars-sur-Moselle, France (probably in the bridgehead on the bank of the Moselle River east of Dornot) - Age: 33y 5m 18d
    MOS: 745 (Rifleman) - Home Town: Pyburn, TN - Buried at Pyburn Union Church; Hardin County, TN
    Photo provided by son-in-law William Weems

    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 16d
    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. Theodore W. Erdman (36 838 494) - Company A
    KIA October 29, 1944 vicinity of Liesel, Netherlands - Age: 37y ??m ??
    MOS: ??? - Home Town: Sheboygan, WI - Buried at Margraten, Netherlands USMC K-21-1
    Photo from Sheboygan Press, thanks to Niek Hendrix who has Theodore Erdman's helmet

    Pvt. Lawrence G. Felch (36 972 967) - Company "A"
    KIA April 8, 1945 at location at or between Winkhausen, Germany and Arpe, Germany - Age: 23y 6m 25d
    MOS: 745 (Rifleman) - Home Town: Holly, MI - Buried at Lakeside Cemetery; Holly, MI
    See also Oakland County, MI memorial web page for him

    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. John Martin Haroian (39 421 115) - Company C
    KIA January 24, 1945 vicinity of St. Vith, Belgium - Age: 19y 6m 22d
    MOS: 745 (Rifleman) - Home Town: Fresno, CA - Buried at Ararat Cemetery; Frenso, CA - Plot 3, Lot 216, Grave 5
    Photo from grave stone by 7AD Historian Wesley Johnston

    Pvt. Orlan Oven Hatfield (35 072 132) - Company A
    KIA September 24, 1944 vicinity of Vittonville, France - Age: 33y 5m 1d
    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

    Pvt. Clinton W. Jenkins (34 891 979) - Company "B"
    KIA August 15, 1944 at Maroué, France - Age: ??y ?m ??d
    MOS: 745 (Rifleman) - Home Town: Marion, NC - Buried at Hampton National Cemetery; Hampton, VA F-804
    Photo provided by grand-nephew Maj. Robert Morgan

    Pfc. George Edward McClure (38 516 244) - Company C
    KIA September 1, 1944 on the south side of Exermont, France - Age: 19y 6m 22d
    MOS: 745 (Rifleman) - Home Town: Jonesboro, AR - Buried at Epinal, France US Military Cemetery A-18-44
    Photo provided by nephew David Pelletier

    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

    Pfc. Wilburn T. "Jake" Underwood (34 269 379) - Company B (S/Sgt. Giangrego's squad)
    KIA September 10, 1944 in the "Horseshoe Woods" bridgehead on the east bank of the Moselle River across from Dornot, France - Age: ??y ??m ??d
    MOS: 504 (Ammunition Bearer) - Home Town: (Jeff Davis County), GA - Never recovered and identified: on wall of the missing at St. Avold, France USMC
    Photo provided by the late Elizabeth Giangrego, daughter of S/Sgt Salvatore "Sam" Giangrego, Underwood's squad leader


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