William B Blades

S/Sgt William Blades was killed in action on 16 June 1944, serving with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment. On 16 June 1944, the 3rd Battalion, 175th Infantry, was engaged in the vicinity of Amy, pressing forward against determined opposition to seize its assigned objective, which was reported captured by 1118 hours. While the surviving record speaks to the battalion's actions as a whole rather than to any single company, it reflects the intensity of the fighting that the unit endured that day in securing this ground. S/Sgt Blades was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.