The Story
Pvt Joseph Bochulis was killed in action on 11 June 1944, serving with Company B, 121st Engineer Combat Battalion. On 11 June 1944, the 121st Engineer Combat Battalion was moving forward with the Division as it pushed toward the Elle and Vire river area in Normandy. Records for this date do not detail Company B's specific actions, but the battalion as a whole was engaged in supporting the advancing infantry regiments, working to clear roads and routes so that men and equipment could keep moving toward the front. Company B would have shared in this broader effort, even though no separate account of its activities on this day survives in the unit records. Pvt Bochulis was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.
Source: NARA