WWII · Battle Death Record
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Brigadier General, U.S. Army · New York
Medal of Honor
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
- Entered the Service From
- New York
- Rank
- Brigadier General
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- 4th Infantry Division
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- July 12, 1944
- Awards
- Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Purple Heart
- Burial / Memorial
- Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
- Grave
- Plot D, Row 28, Grave 45
Their story
The only general to land by sea with the first wave on D-Day, leading his men ashore at Utah Beach at the age of 56. He died of a heart attack five weeks later and received the Medal of Honor for his gallantry on 6 June 1944. The eldest son of President Theodore Roosevelt.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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