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DODGE, Bayard Jr "BD" - Date of
birth
20 August 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Beirut, Lebanon -
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32976907 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
Rifleman -
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
411th Infantry Regiment,
103rd Infantry Division
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Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
22 November 1944 - Place of
death
Saulcy-sur-Meurthe, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 38 | 18 |
Immediate family
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Members
Bayard Dodge (father)
Mary W. (Bliss) Dodge (mother)
Grace Dodge (sister)
Margaret Dodge (sister)
David S. Dodge (brother)
More information
Pfc Bayard Dodge Jr. attended Deerfield Academy.He enlisted in New York City, New York on 30 June 1943 and was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program. When this program was disbanded, he was transferred to the infantry.
Among the first German strong points attacked by the 411th Infantry Regiment was at Saucy-sur-Meurthe, France. Able Company was attacking across a field. German machine guns had taken a deadly toll. Eight men from Able Company lay dead on the field and others were wounded. One of those killed, was learned later, was Bayard "BD" Dodge.
He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously for his action that day.
He is remembered on a monument in Saulcy-sur-Meurthe, France.
Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com, - 1920/1930/1940 Census, Headstone and Interment Record, US.,Consular Reports of Births, 1910-1949,
http://103divwwii.usm.edu/411th-regiment.html, - Unit Journal for November 1944, http://103divwwii.usm.edu/assets/mr-411-a-by-name.pdf, www.findagrave.com, - Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com, - Dwight “Andy” Anderson, Deerfield Academy