Milton, who resided on Duncan Road, Marshallton, Delaware, served as a Private First Class in the Battery B, 284th Field Artillery Battalion, U.S. Army during World War II.
He enlisted in the Army on October 19, 1943 in Camden, New Jersey. He was noted as an Electrician and as being Single, without dependents.
Milton was "Killed In Action" at St. Catherine's Farm, near Gorze, France. The battalion was supporting the crossing of the Moselle River by the 5th Division. After firing in the late afternoon, the battalion received its first counter-battery fire from German artillery. Thirty (30) rounds of German "88 " mm artillery rounds struck in the positions of all firing battery areas, and PFC Dempsey was the only fatally injured man, but 3 other men were wounded.
He had served in the Army for ten months at the time of his death and was awarded a Purple Heart.
Service # 32959365
Son of Milton John Dempsey, Sr. and Roberta Grace Boyd Dempsey.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
He enlisted in the Army on October 19, 1943 in Camden, New Jersey. He was noted as an Electrician and as being Single, without dependents.
Milton was "Killed In Action" at St. Catherine's Farm, near Gorze, France. The battalion was supporting the crossing of the Moselle River by the 5th Division. After firing in the late afternoon, the battalion received its first counter-battery fire from German artillery. Thirty (30) rounds of German "88 " mm artillery rounds struck in the positions of all firing battery areas, and PFC Dempsey was the only fatally injured man, but 3 other men were wounded.
He had served in the Army for ten months at the time of his death and was awarded a Purple Heart.
Service # 32959365
Son of Milton John Dempsey, Sr. and Roberta Grace Boyd Dempsey.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
Milton, who resided on Duncan Road, Marshallton, Delaware, served as a Private First Class in the Battery B, 284th Field Artillery Battalion, U.S. Army during World War II.
He enlisted in the Army on October 19, 1943 in Camden, New Jersey. He was noted as an Electrician and as being Single, without dependents.
Milton was "Killed In Action" at St. Catherine's Farm, near Gorze, France. The battalion was supporting the crossing of the Moselle River by the 5th Division. After firing in the late afternoon, the battalion received its first counter-battery fire from German artillery. Thirty (30) rounds of German "88 " mm artillery rounds struck in the positions of all firing battery areas, and PFC Dempsey was the only fatally injured man, but 3 other men were wounded.
He had served in the Army for ten months at the time of his death and was awarded a Purple Heart.
Service # 32959365
Son of Milton John Dempsey, Sr. and Roberta Grace Boyd Dempsey.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
He enlisted in the Army on October 19, 1943 in Camden, New Jersey. He was noted as an Electrician and as being Single, without dependents.
Milton was "Killed In Action" at St. Catherine's Farm, near Gorze, France. The battalion was supporting the crossing of the Moselle River by the 5th Division. After firing in the late afternoon, the battalion received its first counter-battery fire from German artillery. Thirty (30) rounds of German "88 " mm artillery rounds struck in the positions of all firing battery areas, and PFC Dempsey was the only fatally injured man, but 3 other men were wounded.
He had served in the Army for ten months at the time of his death and was awarded a Purple Heart.
Service # 32959365
Son of Milton John Dempsey, Sr. and Roberta Grace Boyd Dempsey.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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1930 United States Federal Census
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U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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1940 United States Federal Census
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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U.S., World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
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