
Pvt Vincent M. Killen, age 18 with the 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. Landed Omaha Beach D Day +1 on the 07th June 1944 1st fighting at The village of Treviers heavy fighting then the hedge groves of Hill 192 pushing to Saint- Lo fighting Fallschirmjäger Regiment 9 and 14 days later. On a Wednesday 21 June 1944, at Saint-George-d'Elle on the outskirts of Saint -Lo. He is buried at the Normandy American cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer. Plot J. Grave 23 awarded Purple Heart
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