80th Infantry Division Bambiderstroff Liberation Monument
Details:
In the center of a small roadside park next to a stream; about 75 meters south of the town church.
MonumentAn upright three-sided monument about 8 feet high. The memorial lists the names of soldiers killed in action during the town's liberation.
The memorial remembers the liberation of the town of Bambiderstoff, France by the 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division on November 25, 1944 during the Lorraine Campaign. The regiment was ordered on November 25, 1944 to seize the village of Bambiderstroff (Lorraine) and break the German's positions located on the Maginot Line forts near the village.
Several of the soldiers listed on the memorial as buried in the nearby Lorraine American Cemetery in St. Avold, France.
Monument Text:
Front Side:
BAMBIDERSTOFF
A SES LIBERATEURS
80TH INFANTRY DIVSION
318TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
NOVEMBER 25, 1944
SIDE:
Silhouette of a soldier wearing the 80th Infantry "Blue Ridge" Division patch
SIDE:
REMEMBERS:
2LT RICHARD E. ALSTON
PVT JOSEPH W. BAILEY
PVT HERBERT L. COUNTRYMAN
CPT LOURN C. DOAN
1LT CURTIS S. GALLATIN
TEC5 CHARLES E. GREAVES
PFC CLYDE E. HELTON
PVT ROY E. HIGHSMITH
2LT GERALD A. HOEPPNER
PVT FELIX C. HOOD
PVT HENRY C. HOOPER
PVT GEORGE J. JOVACS JR.
PFC MARVIN O LACKEY
PFC SAMUEL A. MCVEY
PFC ESTIL W. MEADOWS
CPL ROY W, MILLER (702nd TD Bn)
PVT NORMAN J. SIEGLE
SGT SYGNEY P. SOLFOFF
PVT CHARLIE R. TRENT
PVT VERNON O. WIELAND
PFC WILLIAM H. WISE
PFC FRANCIS L. ZERBEE




