SSG Shoup- 87th Infantry Division Plaque
Details:
On the right side of the tower base above the 761st Tank Battalion Plaque.
A brass inscribed plaque.
The plaque remembers Staff Sergeant Curtis Shoup of the 346th Infantry Regiment, 87th “Golden Acorn” Infantry Division. The 346th Infantry Regiment, with the attached 761st “Black Panther” Tank Battalion, fought in this area during the Battle of the Bulge”. Staff Sergeant Shoup of Company I was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions here on January 7, 1945.
Monument Text:
The text in English:
-87th Infantry Division Symbol-
87th Infantry Division
For extraordinary acts of bravery outside
this village on Jan 7. 1945, S.Sgt. Curtis F. Shoup,
company I, 346th regiment, 87th division was
posthumously awarded the United States
of America's highest military award,
the medal of honor.
In French: Here the 87th Infantry Division fought for a free world
1944-45 "
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
346th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division
761st Tank Battalion
87th Infantry Division
United States Army
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Battle of the Bulge
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