2 Replies Latest reply on Jul 16, 2019 3:56 PM by Jori Videc

Seeking D-Day information about Sgt Walter J Fryer

Jori Videc Jul 11, 2019 7:06 AM

Was Sgt. Walter J. Fryer (ASN: 33019825) from Pennsylvania already a member of C-company 741st Tank Battalion on D-Day? According to the After Action Report of the 741st Tank Battalion all the 'swimming' Duplex Drive-tanks of C-company sank before the coast of Omaha Beach.

Re: Seeking D-Day information about Sgt Walter J Fryer

Elliot Schneider Jul 12, 2019 2:53 PM (in response to Jori Videc)

Jori,

He was KIA or DOW on 13 Apr 1945, according to the overseas headstone application he was with the 741st TNK BN, awarded the Purple Heart. If you want you can use a SF-180 and request his IDPF file this sometimes will show how he was KIA, DOW.

He is currently buried at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial.

Thanks,

Elliot Schneider
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- Re: Seeking D-Day information about Sgt Walter J Fryer
  
  Jori Videc Jul 16, 2019 3:56 PM (in response to Elliot Schneider)
  
  Hello Elliot,
  
  Thanks for your reply!
  Yes, your information is correct: Sgt Fryer was KIA on April 13 1945.
  He died after his tank was hit by a German bazooka on this day.
  
  Do you maybe know how I can find out if Sgt Fryer was a member of C-company on D-Day and if he was in a sunken DD-tank of his battalion? I think this isn't written down in his IDPF-file.
  
  Kind Regards,
  Jori Videc
  
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