Hugh R Howard

Pvt Hugh Howard was killed in action on 08 June 1944, serving with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment. On 8 June 1944, the 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry, was operating in the area south of Mosles, tasked with securing a ridge line so the 1st and 3rd Battalions could advance the following day. Records indicate the battalion pushed forward with G Company on the left and F Company on the right astride the road, meeting continuous resistance until digging in some 300 yards south of Moulagny as darkness fell; E Company, supported by tanks, reached its objective and fought off an enemy strongpoint it had taken. By the next morning the line had been straightened, with G, F, and E Companies positioned in order from left to right, the enemy holding roughly 300 yards to their front. Division and regimental commanders visited the battalion command post that day as a battalion of the 26th Combat Team passed nearby on the Bayeux road. Pvt Howard was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.