William L Faust

Pvt William Faust was killed in action on 07 June 1944, serving with Service Battery, 110th Field Artillery Battalion. On the evening of 7 June 1944, the battery came ashore at Vierville-sur-Mer at roughly 8 p.m., landing just a day after the initial invasion had secured the beach. A military policeman directed the unit to a transit area about 500 yards west of the town, where it moved to join the rest of the battalion. As an added precaution against losing the battalion's command element to enemy fire during the landing, a duplicate headquarters element had been brought ashore alongside the main one. Battery A followed close behind into the same assembly area, marking the unit's first hours on French soil. Pvt Faust was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.