Date of death:

September 13th, 1944 (near Fort Montbarey in the vicinity of Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon/Finistère département, France)

Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

Private William Berkowitz was killed by an enemy sniper shot while he acted as a forward security for his fellow sappers in a mine-clearing operation in the night of September 13-14, 1944 near Fort Montbarey.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Private

Unit:

Company B, 121st Engineer Combat Battalion

For action performed on 14 September 1944, near Fort Montbarey in the vicinity of Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon/Finistère département, Brittany, France.

Posthumously awarded. Citation unavailable.

• - Balkoski, J., From Beachhead to Brittany – The 29th Infantry Division at Brest, August-September 1944, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, U.S.A., 2008