Elmer Carter

Capt Elmer Carter was killed in action on 19 June 1944, serving with HQ Company, 1st Battalion, 115th Infantry Regiment. On 19 June 1944, the 1st Battalion, 115th Infantry took up defensive positions in the Bois de Bretel, a wooded area that offered cover as the unit held its ground. The battalion spent the day organizing and strengthening these positions rather than advancing, a routine but essential part of the broader Normandy campaign. Holding this line required constant vigilance from every soldier in the unit, even during what records describe as a defensive, comparatively quieter stretch of the fighting. Capt Carter was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.