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Old Hickory Division
People who played a role during WW2 in and around Valkenburg. Most of them appear in the resistance story about Valkenburg. In that case, click on More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg next to that name.
This list is far from being complete.
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 The Americans who fell in and around Valkenburg Although there was heavy fighting in and around Valkenburg between the 14th and 17th of September, 1944, “only” six soldiers of the Old Hickory Division were killed. They are Quentin Begore and Sam Viviano on the sixteenth, Henri Morgan, John Reeves, Cleaver Buckler and Peter Spoganetz on the seventeenth. All six belonged to the 119th regiment, the part of the Old-Hickory division, which liberated Valkenburg. They were immortalized by Albert Widdershoven in 1994 in the municipal cave. Photo by J.P. Wyers on the website about the 30th Infantry Division Old Hickory. Coats of Arms  Break Through 117th rgt. 30th infantry division  “Old Hickory” 30th infantry div. – 13 pers. | ||
| Begore,
Quentin K. | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 1944-09-16 Valkenburg | USA, Old Hickory - war victim - Quentin Begore was one of the six soldiers of the Old Hickory Division who were killed in action during the liberation of Valkenburg and its surroundings. More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Blum,
Joseph | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 1944-10-17 Valkenburg | USA, Old Hickory - war victim - Jan Diederenn writes in Mijn oorlog en bevrijding: “Mrs. Huntjens, who was living at the time on Nieuweweg, saw four soldiers being killed when their jeep hit a land mine in a field at the bottom of the Emmaberg on Sunday morning … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Buckler,
Cleaver | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 1944-09-17 Valkenburg | USA, Old Hickory - war victim - Cleaver Buckler was one of the six soldiers of the Old Hickory Division who were killed in action during the liberation of Valkenburg and its surroundings. More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Gathin,
Amos jr. | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 1944-10-16 Valkenburg | USA, Old Hickory - war victim - Member of the Charly Company of the 743rd tank battalion died on September 16, 1944 in Valkenburg near the Geul. He and Clifton Keith are buried now in the USA. More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| George,
William | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 1944-10-17 Valkenburg | USA, Old Hickory - war victim - Jan Diederen writes in Mijn oorlog en bevrijding: “Mrs. Huntjens, who was living at the time on Nieuweweg, saw four soldiers being killed when their jeep hit a land mine in a field at the bottom of the Emmaberg on Sunday morning … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Harrington,
Chester | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 1944-10-17 Valkenburg | USA, Old Hickory - war victim - Jan Diederenn writes in Mijn oorlog en bevrijding: “Mrs. Huntjens, who was living at the time on Nieuweweg, saw four soldiers being killed when their jeep hit a land mine in a field at the bottom of the Emmaberg on Sunday morning … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Hilleque,
Robert (Bob) | ∗ 0000-00-00 Chicago? † 2008-07-30 Chicago? | USA, Old Hickory - survivor - Bob Hilleque was the only one of the A-company, 1st battalion, 119th regiment, 30th US Infantry Division Old Hickory who survived the war. On September 14, … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Keith,
Clifton | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 1944-09-15 Oud-Valkenburg | USA, Old Hickory - war victim - Member of the Charlie Company of the 743rd tank battalion in tank nr 0—18 He died of his injuries. He and Amos Gathin Jr. from the same company are now buried in the USA. The 743th tank battalion was connected to the 119th infantry … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/743rd_tank_battalion.htm |
| Manis,
Frank | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 1944-10-17 Valkenburg | USA, Old Hickory - war victim - Jan Diederenn writes in Mijn oorlog en bevrijding: “Mrs. Huntjens, who was living at the time on Nieuweweg, saw four soldiers being killed when their jeep hit a land mine in a field at the bottom of the Emmaberg on Sunday morning … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Morgan,
Henry E. | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 1944-09-16 Valkenburg | USA, Old Hickory - war victim - PFC (private 1st class) Henry Morgan was one of the six soldiers of the 119th regiment in the Old-Hickory Division who fell during the liberation of Valkenburg is Henry Morgan. Three days before he was killed, he was accidentally photographed on the jeep and with his inseparable pipe in his mouth on … More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Reeves,
John | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 1944-09-17 Valkenburg | USA, Old Hickory - war victim - John Reeves was one of the six soldiers of the Old Hickory Division who were killed in action during the liberation of Valkenburg and its surroundings. More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
| Spoganetz,
Peter | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 1944-09-17 Koulen, Voerendaal | USA, Old Hickory - war victim -  Pvt Peter Spoganetz (119th Inf Rgt) was one of the six soldiers of the Old Hickory Division who were killed in action during the liberation of …More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg https://www.oldhickory30th.com/Arno%20Lasoe%20Work%20Siegfried%20Line.htm |
| Viviano,
Sam | ∗ 0000-00-00 † 1944-09-16 Valkenburg | USA, Old Hickory - war victim - Sam Viviano was one of the six soldiers of the Old Hickory Division who were killed in action during the liberation of Valkenburg and its surroundings. More in our story Resistance in Valkenburg |
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