Roy Greer Jr

Pvt Roy Greer, Jr was killed in action on 10 June 1944, serving with Company B, 1st Battalion, 115th Infantry Regiment. On 10 June 1944, the 1st Battalion, 115th Infantry, was reported in a defensive posture in the vicinity of Bricqueville, part of a regimental line holding position along the Elle River. No specific movement or engagement was recorded for the battalion that day, with units generally maintaining their positions and sending out patrols to monitor the surrounding area. The days immediately following the Normandy landings were largely marked by this kind of watchful consolidation, as the regiment worked to secure and hold the ground it had taken. Pvt Greer was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.