Post from ww2talk.com: "My grandfathers Brother had an unfortunate set of circumstances that lead to him being posted to France at the very end of the war as a US soldier but being killed in what appears to be an accidental shooting. I am wondering if any one can assist in finding out more?
My Great Uncle William Frederick Dix was born in the US (Ohio) in 1925 but returned to England with my Grandfather and their parents in the early 1930's. On the out break of war he was originally called up as a Bevin Boy.
He later took US Citizenship and signed up to the US Army in Dec 1945. He was a Private in the 11th Traffic Regiment Group of the US Army Transportation Corps and posted to Northern France in 1946.
My grandfather tells of how his brother was shot and killed in Northern France by Friendly fire on the 23rd May 1946. He is buried in a US War grave in Lorriane, france. Little is known of the exact incident and I am interested in both the incident and any records of his unit at that time".
Note: Bevin Boys were young British men conscripted to work in the coal mines of the United Kingdom, between December 1943 and March 1948.[1] Chosen by lot as ten percent of all male conscripts aged 18–25, plus some volunteering as an alternative to military conscription, nearly 48,000 Bevin Boys performed vital but largely unrecognised service in the mines, many of them not released from service until well over two years after Second World War hostilities ended.
So, he turned 18 in 1943 and went to the British coal mines for two years before enlisting in the US Army in December of 1945, six months after VE Day, only to be accidentally shot and killed six months later in May 1946.
My Great Uncle William Frederick Dix was born in the US (Ohio) in 1925 but returned to England with my Grandfather and their parents in the early 1930's. On the out break of war he was originally called up as a Bevin Boy.
He later took US Citizenship and signed up to the US Army in Dec 1945. He was a Private in the 11th Traffic Regiment Group of the US Army Transportation Corps and posted to Northern France in 1946.
My grandfather tells of how his brother was shot and killed in Northern France by Friendly fire on the 23rd May 1946. He is buried in a US War grave in Lorriane, france. Little is known of the exact incident and I am interested in both the incident and any records of his unit at that time".
Note: Bevin Boys were young British men conscripted to work in the coal mines of the United Kingdom, between December 1943 and March 1948.[1] Chosen by lot as ten percent of all male conscripts aged 18–25, plus some volunteering as an alternative to military conscription, nearly 48,000 Bevin Boys performed vital but largely unrecognised service in the mines, many of them not released from service until well over two years after Second World War hostilities ended.
So, he turned 18 in 1943 and went to the British coal mines for two years before enlisting in the US Army in December of 1945, six months after VE Day, only to be accidentally shot and killed six months later in May 1946.
Post from ww2talk.com: "My grandfathers Brother had an unfortunate set of circumstances that lead to him being posted to France at the very end of the war as a US soldier but being killed in what appears to be an accidental shooting. I am wondering if any one can assist in finding out more?
My Great Uncle William Frederick Dix was born in the US (Ohio) in 1925 but returned to England with my Grandfather and their parents in the early 1930's. On the out break of war he was originally called up as a Bevin Boy.
He later took US Citizenship and signed up to the US Army in Dec 1945. He was a Private in the 11th Traffic Regiment Group of the US Army Transportation Corps and posted to Northern France in 1946.
My grandfather tells of how his brother was shot and killed in Northern France by Friendly fire on the 23rd May 1946. He is buried in a US War grave in Lorriane, france. Little is known of the exact incident and I am interested in both the incident and any records of his unit at that time".
Note: Bevin Boys were young British men conscripted to work in the coal mines of the United Kingdom, between December 1943 and March 1948.[1] Chosen by lot as ten percent of all male conscripts aged 18–25, plus some volunteering as an alternative to military conscription, nearly 48,000 Bevin Boys performed vital but largely unrecognised service in the mines, many of them not released from service until well over two years after Second World War hostilities ended.
So, he turned 18 in 1943 and went to the British coal mines for two years before enlisting in the US Army in December of 1945, six months after VE Day, only to be accidentally shot and killed six months later in May 1946.
My Great Uncle William Frederick Dix was born in the US (Ohio) in 1925 but returned to England with my Grandfather and their parents in the early 1930's. On the out break of war he was originally called up as a Bevin Boy.
He later took US Citizenship and signed up to the US Army in Dec 1945. He was a Private in the 11th Traffic Regiment Group of the US Army Transportation Corps and posted to Northern France in 1946.
My grandfather tells of how his brother was shot and killed in Northern France by Friendly fire on the 23rd May 1946. He is buried in a US War grave in Lorriane, france. Little is known of the exact incident and I am interested in both the incident and any records of his unit at that time".
Note: Bevin Boys were young British men conscripted to work in the coal mines of the United Kingdom, between December 1943 and March 1948.[1] Chosen by lot as ten percent of all male conscripts aged 18–25, plus some volunteering as an alternative to military conscription, nearly 48,000 Bevin Boys performed vital but largely unrecognised service in the mines, many of them not released from service until well over two years after Second World War hostilities ended.
So, he turned 18 in 1943 and went to the British coal mines for two years before enlisting in the US Army in December of 1945, six months after VE Day, only to be accidentally shot and killed six months later in May 1946.
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