Harold Latta

Pvt Harold Latta was killed in action on 08 June 1944, serving with Company B, 121st Engineer Combat Battalion. On this date, the 121st Engineer Combat Battalion was advancing with the Division toward the Elle and Vire river area, with no single fixed position recorded. The battalion's broader role in this phase involved supporting the infantry regiments by clearing roads so supplies and men could move forward to the front lines. No specific detail survives for this company on this day, so its exact actions cannot be stated with certainty, though it would have shared in this general engineer work supporting the advance. Pvt Latta was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.