7th Armored “Lucky Seventh” Division Memorial
Details:
Just off a narrow road between two residential homes.
A granite cut stone about 4 feet high capped with a World War II area helmet. The names of 52 soldiers who died fighting in this area in October/November 1944 are inscribed on the sides on the stone.
The monument was dedicated on May 26, 2007 as a memorial to the many men of the U. S. 7th Armored Division who died in the immediate vicinity of this small town of Ospel (population about 400). Most of those men died in the fighting following the German counter-attack on October 27, 1944, which lasted until the 7th Armored Division was relieved on November 8, 1944.
Monument Text:
The text on the front side of the monument is written in English and Dutch and the English reads:
-Symbol of the 7th Armored Division-
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER
1944
IN MEMORY
OF THE SOLDIERS OF THE
US 7TH ARMORED DIVISION
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
WHILE LIBERATING OSPEL
TER HERINNERING AAN
de soldaten van de
7e Amerikaanse Pantserdivisie
die hun leven gaven tiidens
de bevrijding van Ospel
THE TWO SIDES OF THE MEMORIAL LIST THE NAMES OF THE SOLDIERS KILLED DURING THE LIBERATION OF THE TOWN
(Right side)
PVT PAUL F. KEARNS
PVT FRED KOHN
PFC EDWARD A. LADWIG
PVT ARTHUR LA TOUR
PVT GORDON D. LOOMIS
2ND LT WILLIAM H. MCMILLAN
RVT JACOB NEVALA
PVT JOSEPH A. PAIT
TEC 5 GRADY P. PRIEST
PVT MARTIN RABINOWITZ
2ND LT EARL L. RAINBOW
PVT WILLIS RAY
PVT HARRY Q. RICHARDS
PFC EDWARD L. RITCHIE
PVT JOSEPH ROBERTIELLO
PVT FRANK RUBINETTI
PFC WESLEY L. SAFFORD
PVT JAMES E. SLOCUM
PVT JOSEPH A. SUROWIEC
PVT JAMES H. WAGSTAFF
PVT CHARLES R. WALLACE
PFC GILBERT H. WELLS
SGT JAMES R. WILLIAMS
PVT GEORGE ZALESKY
(Left side)
PVT MITCHELL AMIS
PFC CLIFFORD M. ARMSTRONG
PVT CHARLES R. BOULWARE
PVT OTIS F. BRISENDINE
TEC 5 MICHAEL E. CAHILL
PVT SAM CATHEY
PVT CLAUDIUS H. CHAPPELL
2ND LT NORMAN L. CONNARD
PVT HARRY R. CRANS
S/SGT HENRY W. DIRKS
SGT WALTER J. DOMKOSKI
CPL TOULMAN Y. FREEMAN
2ND LT LESLIE O. FULTON
SGT HAROLD W. GESS
PVT PERLE C. GODBY
PVT JOHN J. GONAS
PFC WALTER P. GOOD
PVT GARRY H. GRAFF
PVT CARMINE GRASSO
CPL LUCIAN HARLOW
2ND LT MARVIN H. HJALMARSON
PVT WARREN D. HOWARD
PFC ROMAN V. JANOUSEK
2ND LT BENJAMIN E. JONES JR
PVT WOODROW D. ANDRUS
PFC KENNETH L. MORROW
TEC 5 ALPHONSE PARISE
S/SGT MARIO J. YAMMARINO
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
23rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored
33rd Engineer Battalion, 7th Armored Division
38th Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division
40th Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division
489th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Armored Division
48th Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division
7th Armored Division
87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 7th Armored Division
9th Army
Wars:
WWII
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