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🔗===============>> The WWII Germany > ETO > Normandy Campaign Submodule <<=========​=======🔗
prior ETO section: Overview                                                  next ETO section:  Liberation of France and Belgium
Normandy Campaign subpages:  D-Day     Order of Battle, 6 Jun '44      Normandy, June 1944       
Order of Battle, 30 Jun '44      Normandy, July 1944     After D-Day (temporary)

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The Normandy Campaign officially ended on 23 July 1944, with the US First Army poised to begin a breakout in the St. Lo area while Allied forces on their left engaged most of the remaining German armor.
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03-01- WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy Campaign > July 1944: (ten dead, updated 15 Jun 2025)
† Broman, Donald Norris, SN 37-485-648, US Army, Mills Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA
  • 746th Tank Bn., attached to 83rd Inf. Div.; KIA/FOD 11 Jul 1944 south of Carentan, Manche, Normandy, France; BNR.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy Campaign > July 1944
† Felthager, Joseph William, SN 20-743-408, US Army, Des Moines & Pott. Cos.
  • Hq. & Service Troop, 125th Cavalry Recon. Sqdn., 113rd Cavalry Recon. Gp.; KIA 21 Jul 1944 near St. Lo, Manche, Normandy, France.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy Campaign > July 1944
† Hopley, George Peter, SN O-526650, US Army, Cass Co.
  • Co. F, 329th Inf. Regt., 83rd Inf. Div., VII Corps, assigned to Third Army, attached to First Army; KIA 4 Jul 1944 SW of Carentan, Normandy, France.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy Campaign > July 1944
 † Lovelady, Lyle Everett, childhood name Lyle E. Miller, SN 20-723-370, US Army, Mills Co. & Douglas Co., NE
  • before induction, served in Nebraska National Guard in Omaha's Co. K, 134th Inf. Regt., 35th Inf. Div.; still serving in 134th Inf. Regt., 35th Inf. Div., V Corps, First Army at time of death; KIA 18 Jul 1944 north of St. Lo, Manche, Normandy, France.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy Campaign > July 1944
† Pearce, Lawrence Gilbert, SN 37-189-235, US Army, Montgomery Co.
  • Co. B, 137th Inf. Regt., 35th Inf. Div., XIX Corps, assigned to Third Army, attached to First Army; KIA 18 Jul 1944 near St. Lo, Manche, Normandy, France.
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† Pratt, Leonard Earl, SN 37-465-244, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • 8th Inf. Regt., 4th Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 10 Jul 1944, near Periers, NW of St. Lo, Manche, Normandy, France.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy Campaign > July 1944
† Roach, Frederick Vincent, SN 37-190-260, US Army, Montgomery Co.
  • 358th Inf. Regt., 90th Inf. Div., VIII Corps, First Army; WIA 23 Jul 1944 north of Periers & NW of St. Lo, Manche, Normandy, France; DOW 24 Jul 1944.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy Campaign > July 1944
† Schickner, Donald, SN 37-219-544, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • Co. E, 134th Infantry Regt., 35th Inf. Div., XIX Corps, assigned to Third Army, attached to First Army; KIA 17 Jul 1944 near St. Lo, Manche, Normandy, France.
  •  WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy Campaign > July 1944 @ Battle of St. Lo
† Shadden, Everett Willard, O-496183, US Army, Pott. Co. & Los Angeles Co., CA
  • Detachment 7, 166th Signal Photo. Co.; KIA 22 Jul 1944, near La Haye, NW of St. Lo, Manche, Normandy, France; combat photographer; mortar burst while with 90th Inf. Div.
  • WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy Campaign > July 1944
† Wells, Lester Earl, SN 37-465-227, US Army, Pott. Co..
  • 39th Inf. Regt., 9th Inf. Div., VII Corps, First Army; KIA 13 Jul 1944 NW of St. Lo, Manche, Normandy, France.
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