WWII · Battle Death Record
Jimmie W. Monteith Jr.
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army · Virginia
Medal of Honor
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Jimmie W. Monteith Jr.
- Entered the Service From
- Virginia
- Rank
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- Company L, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- June 6, 1944
- Awards
- Medal of Honor, Purple Heart
- Burial / Memorial
- Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
- Grave
- Plot I, Row 20, Grave 12
Their story
Led his men inland from Omaha Beach through murderous fire on D-Day, personally guiding tanks and destroying enemy positions before he was killed. Awarded the Medal of Honor.
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