Albert J Hodges

Pvt Albert Hodges was killed in action on 24 June 1944, serving with Battery A, 111th Field Artillery Battalion. On 24 June 1944, the 111th Field Artillery Battalion was operating in the vicinity of St Clair-sur-l'Elle, in the area of Hill 120, as part of the broader Normandy campaign then underway. No specific action for this exact date survives in the unit's records, but across the period from 14 to 30 June the battalion as a whole fired 432 fire missions, expending 5,633 rounds in support of ground operations, often under conditions of poor observation. It is likely that the battalion's guns were engaged in similar sustained fire support during this stretch of days, even though the precise events of the 24th cannot be separately confirmed. Pvt Hodges was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.