WWII · Battle Death Record
Lansing McVickar
Colonel, U.S. Army · Connecticut
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Lansing McVickar
- Entered the Service From
- Connecticut
- Rank
- Colonel
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- January 14, 1945
- Awards
- Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Croix de Guerre
- Burial / Memorial
- Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
- Grave
- Plot A, Row 4, Grave 5
Their story
Colonel Lansing McVickar commanded the 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division under General Patton during the Battle of the Bulge, leading the liberation of Ettelbruck, Luxembourg on Christmas Day 1944. He was shot and killed while on a scouting mission in Luxembourg in January 1945. He earned the Distinguished Service Cross in World War I for repeatedly exposing himself to enemy fire to rescue wounded men near Very, France.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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