Edward W Cahill

Pvt Edward Cahill was killed in action on 15 June 1944, serving with AT Co, 18th Infantry Regiment. On 15 June 1944, the 18th Infantry Regiment was settled into defensive positions in the Caumont sector, with its command post established near Sallen, and was in the midst of a stretch that ran from 13 June to month's end during which the regiment held and strengthened its lines rather than advancing. Its battalions were arrayed to block the approaches west of Caumont and to cover the surrounding ground, while patrols went out to keep contact with the enemy, and any German attempts to push into the regiment's positions were turned back without any loss of ground. Regimental Troops at this time would have been supporting this general defensive effort from the command post area, though the surviving records describe the period in terms of the regiment as a whole rather than this element specifically. Pvt Cahill was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.