Name and Rank, Sergeant Robert Bayne Booker.
Unit/Placed in, 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division ”Blue Ridge”.
Robert was born on July 10, 1916 in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
Father, Dooley Onslo Booker.
Mother, Dulsie Amanda (Hathcoat) Booker.
Sister(s), Janice Rea, Myrtle Lee, Elsie Idessia and Lola Maxine Booker.
Robert enlisted the service at Oklahoma at May. 14, 1942 with Serial number #38128405.
Robert B. Booker was a Medic in the 317th Infantry Regiment.
Robert B. Booker was Killed in Action helping the Soldiers who were wounded in the fights of Battle of the Bulge in Luxembourg, on Dec. 26, 1944, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European, Middle Eastern, African Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Robert was first buried at Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, Hamm, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
and in 1949 is reburied at Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
Thanks to 351th http://www.mtmestas.com/History Army http://www.history.army.mil/ and AMBC.gov http://www.abmc.gov/
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
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Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
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80th Infantry Division
| Twenty three years later, on July 15, 1942, the 80th Division was again ordered into active service. Major General Joseph Dorch Patch, the Division Commander, issued General Order No. 1 to reactivate the 80th Division. Initially, soldiers reported to Camp Forrest, Tennessee, named for General Nathan Bedford Forrest, a famous Confederate calvary commander in the Civil War. The Division later moved for training at Camp Phillips, near Salina, Kansas and in the California-Arizona Desert Training Center (known today as Fort Irwin).
The 80th Division set sail aboard the SS Queen Mary on July 4, 1944, landing a few days later on July 7 at Greenock, Firth of Clyde, Scotland. The arrival of the 80th Division in England brought the European Theater of Operations total of U.S. Divisions to 22: 14 infantry, 6 armored, and 2 airborne. By the end of the campaign, there would be a total of ?? Divisions in Europe. The Division proceeded south to Northwich, England via trains for additional training. Training included learning how to waterproof equipment for the upcoming channel crossing. The Division crossed the English Channel in LSTs and Liberty Ships landing in Normandy on Utah Beach shortly after noon on August 2, 1944, D-Day + 57 and assembled near St. Jores, France. A few days later on August 8, 1944, the 80th was initiated into battle when it took over the LeMans bridgehead in the XX Corps area. By the end of the war, May 7, 1945, the 80th Division had seen 277 days of combat. It had captured 212,295 enemy soldiers. The 80th Division returned to the United States in January 1946, after spending time in Europe helping to restore and keep peace after the war. The 80th Division had been one of the stalwarts of Patton’s Third Army, but it cost them dearly. During their 277 days of combat, According to reports, the 80th Division’s “bloodiest day” was 8 October 1944. |
