Floyd E Beal

Pfc Floyd Beal was killed in action on 06 June 1944, serving with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 115th Infantry Regiment. On 6 June 1944, the 3rd Battalion, 115th Infantry came ashore in the vicinity of Fox Green Beach as part of the regiment's landing on the Normandy coast. Battalion records from this period do not spell out the unit's precise movements during the day, so exactly where and how the battalion moved inland in those early hours cannot be stated with certainty. What is documented is that by nightfall the battalion had pushed forward to the outskirts of St. Laurent, suggesting a day spent working inland from the beach under the chaotic conditions common to the invasion's first hours. Pfc Beal was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.