Eugene L Weese

Pvt Eugene Weese was killed in action on 12 June 1944, serving with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment. On this day, the 116th Infantry Regiment, serving as division reserve, received orders in the later afternoon to cross the Elle River and take up missions originally assigned to the 115th Infantry. The regiment moved forward as a column of battalions and completed the river crossing by early evening, continuing on through the night until it reached the area near St. Jean de Savigny by midnight. As this account reflects the regiment's overall movement rather than a specific breakdown by company, the exact activities of the Regimental Troops that day are not separately recorded, though they would have advanced with the regiment through this crossing and march. Pvt Weese was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.