Ray G Guyer

Pvt Ray Guyer was killed in action on 16 June 1944, serving with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment. On this date, the 175th Infantry was pressing its attack in the vicinity of Amy and La Meauffe as part of the drive toward St. Lo, following the attack order issued on 14 June and continuing operations that would carry through to the dated report of 17 June. The regiment's own after-action account does not fix this action to a precise calendar day, so while it is placed here as 16 June, it may in fact belong to 15 June. Regardless of the exact date, the regiment was engaged in the hard, grinding advance through the hedgerow country south of the invasion beaches, pushing forward against determined German resistance as part of the larger effort to close on St. Lo. Pvt Guyer was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.