Philiph Stottenberg

Pvt Philiph Stottenberg was killed in action on 23 June 1944, serving with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment. On 23 June 1944, the 175th Infantry Regiment held its position in the Hill 108 salient, roughly three miles from St. Lô, a piece of ground that had already proven costly to hold. The line there faced one major German counter-attack along with several smaller probing assaults during this period, and the regiment's battalions rotated through the exposed forward position to sustain the defense. The unit's after-action report does not lay out the precise day-by-day schedule of that rotation, so the exact movements of any single company within the regiment on this date cannot be stated with certainty. What is clear is that the regiment as a whole remained under pressure in this salient, holding ground that stood between the advancing American lines and the town of St. Lô. Pvt Stottenberg was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.