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Personal info

Full name
RENAGER, Homer Dee
Date of birth
22 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Lawrence County, Alabama
Hometown
Trinity, Morgan County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34580598
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
629th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Strass, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 12 35

Immediate family

Members
John D. Renager (father)
Arville Renager (brother)
John Renager Jr. (brother)

More information

Cpl Homer D. Renager was a driver before he enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 17 November 1942.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously. The citation cited:
The enemy succeeded in infiltrating to the rear of the town. After a heavy pre-down barrage, three enemy tanks entered the town. One of the destroyers knocked out two of the tanks at ranges less than 100 yards and forced the third to withdraw. Shortly thereafter the enemy again attacked with a large number of self-propelled guns. Although hopelessly outnumbered the three destroyer crews remained at their posts and returned the enemy fire until all the destroyers were knocked out. In the course of this gallant action, six members of the destroyer crews were killed, including Corp. Renager and five were injured.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, http://www.tankdestoyer.net/images/stories/ArticlePDFs/629th_TD_Dec_44_AAR_Opt.pdf, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card, www.newspapers.com - The Birmingham News 5 November 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Dominique Potier, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov