Charley B Langston

Pvt Charley Langston was killed in action on 06 June 1944, serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment. On the morning of June 6, 1944, the Regimental Troops came ashore at Dog Green Beach in six boats, landing about 1,000 yards left of their intended objective but holding together as a compact group despite a difficult, two-stage beaching. Under fire, the unit blew through wire entanglements, crossed a swamp under the sea wall, bypassed a minefield at the crest of the hill beyond it, and pushed inland in column, passing through Vierville-sur-Mer around 1000 hours, where they crossed paths with Brig. Gen. Norman Cota. About 300 yards past the town they fought off two German machine-gun positions in a sharp exchange that ended with the enemy gunner dead and two prisoners taken, and shortly afterward a company of the 5th Ranger Battalion joined them. By evening, reinforced by several platoons of tanks and some vehicles, the unit dug in for the night on orders to hold its position, having suffered roughly one officer and five enlisted men killed and around a dozen more wounded that day. Pvt Langston was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.