Ivan C Bryant

Sgt Ivan Bryant was killed in action on 29 June 1944, serving with Headquarters Battery, 111th Field Artillery Battalion. On 29 June 1944, the 111th Field Artillery Battalion was operating in the vicinity of St Clair-sur-l'Elle, near Hill 120, as part of the broader effort to hold and consolidate ground in that sector of Normandy. Unit records for this specific date do not describe a distinct action, but the battalion as a whole was engaged in the ongoing exchanges of harassing and interdiction fire that marked this period of the campaign. It was during this stretch of continued artillery activity that Headquarters Battery sustained losses, a reflection of how exposed even support elements remained amid the fighting around Hill 120. Sgt Bryant was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.