LTC Edward Smith Hamilton Plaque
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Affixed to the street-facing front of a three-storey, duplex residential building situated at No. 29 Rue du General de Gaulle (D952) on the north side of the road. The rail line runs directly behind the house. Plaque Bronze plaque marking the site where the ashes of Lieutenant Colonel Edward Smith Hamilton have been laid to rest.
While Colonel
Hamilton’s remains are buried in the cemetery at the US Military Academy at West
Point, according to his will, a bundle
of his ashes was laid to rest in Hayange and Periers (Normandy).
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Units:
357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division
90th Infantry Division
Wars:
WWII
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