A member of the 5th Infantry Division who was lost in their crossing of the Moselle River in September 1944. His remains were found and positively identified in 1999. He is now buried in Saint Barnabas Cemetery, Mazomanie, Dane County, Wisconsin. His name is permanently inscribed on the Walls of the Missing, Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint-Avold, France.
From Find a Grave: PFC US ARMY, KIA, WORLD WAR II, a radio operator serving with the 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division, Third Army was killed at "Horseshoe Woods," during the Dornot Crossing of the Moselle River, near Metz, France. "Pfc. Jerome C. Deneen was reported missing in action and presumed dead in 1944 after a fierce battle in northern France. His family had a memorial service and later received a picture of Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial in France, where more than 10,000 soldiers are buried. Deneen's name is on a plaque there, so some family members thought he was buried in that cemetery - until this May [2001], when the U.S. Army called with some surprising news. A French historical group ["Thanks GIs"] that looks for the remains of World War II soldiers found Deneen's body [buried] in a forest near Corny. Last week, his remains arrived home. His family will bury him Saturday, on the 57th anniversary of his death, in the family plot near Mazomanie, west of Madison." Excerpted from an article by the Associated Press, September 3, 2001. Each year, the French Organization, Thanks GIs, commemorates the American Heroes of Dornot at Corny-sur-Moselle.