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Personal info

Full name
LITTLETON, Roland Jack
Date of birth
22 June 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Carter County, Kentucky
Hometown
Burke County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
14119932
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Automatic Rifleman
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
East of Laufenburg, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 2 29

Immediate family

Members
Andrew J. Littleton (father)
Yvonne G. (Dumoulin) Littleton (mother)
Mary M. Littleton (sister)
William A. Littleton (brother)

More information

Pfc Roland J. Littleton was a clerk before he volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia on 6 June 1942.

When the Germans swung around the 2nd battalion's flank to take it from the rear, Pfc Littleton, manning an outpost for Company C, spotted the first wave of infantry. Littleton opened up with his BAR and continued firing even after taking a round in the stomach. When the company had beaten off the assault, eighty bodies lay in front of Company G's position, twenty of them around Littleton's position.

The picture shows Pfc Roland J. Littleton posing with his father, Capt Andrew J. Littleton.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Vicky Fry L.