The Story
Pvt Pythias Roberts was killed in action on 18 June 1944, serving with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment. On 18 June 1944, the 116th Infantry held positions near the objectives it had secured the day before, as the 29th Division, reinforced, pressed its attack toward La Creterie, La Luzerne, and the high ground southwest of St. Andre de l'Epine. Division records for this date focus on the movements of the 115th and 175th Infantry, so the regiment's specific actions on the 18th are not spelled out in the surviving account. What can be said is that the regiment remained in the vicinity of ground already taken, holding its place within the larger divisional effort as that attack continued to unfold. Pvt Roberts was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.
Source: NARA