Monument Details

Deneen Marker - 11th Infantry Regiment

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Details:

In a small recreation area on the Moselle River off of the D657. About a kilometer north of Corny-sur-Moselle. Immediately on the eastern side of the river. Near a stone marker for the crossing of the Moselle River by the US 5th Infantry Division. Marker

A small metal sign that marks the place where PFC Deneen of the 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division fell in the "Horseshoe Woods during the Dornot Bridgehead Operation. He was initially listed as MIA and his name inscribed on the Wall of Missing at the Lorraine American Cemetery in Saint-Avold, France; he is now buried in his hometown in Wisconsin.

Monument Text:

Allée

P.F.C. Jérome C. Deneen

G.I. tombé en ces lieux

le 8 septembre 1944

Porté disparu et retrouvé en 1999

Alley

P.F.C. Jerome C. Deneen

G.I. who fell here

September 8, 1944

Reported missing, then was found in 1999

Commemorates:

People:

Jerome Charles Deneen

Units:

11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division

5th Infantry Division

Wars:

WWII

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