John M Deck

Pvt John Deck was killed in action on 07 June 1944, serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment. On this day, the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, was attached to the 16th Regimental Combat Team in order to help bring that unit's thinned ranks back up to strength following the invasion. The battalion was positioned in and around Russy at the time, while planning was already underway for how the 2nd Battalion would be committed in the days ahead. The record for this date speaks to the battalion's movements and attachment as a whole, rather than to the specific actions of any single company within it. Pvt Deck was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.