Monument Details

753rd Tank Crew Monument

Details:

In the center of a gravel/sand pit just west of two trees. Monument

A white stone monument that with several tiers leading to a point. Has a cross etched in the top.

The monument remembers a tank of the 753rd Tank Battalion who were killed when their tank was destroyed while liberating the town of Saint Via, France.

Monument Text:

A LA

MEMOIRE

DES SOLDATS

AMERICAINS

TOMBÉS

GLORIEUSEMENT

POUR LA LIBERATION

DE SAINT-VIT

LES 8 ET 9 SEPT 1944

Serg^t C. YARBOROUGH

Tech. 5^e CL. J.F. BARKOWSKI

Cap^l I. EVANS

2^e CL. D.V. HOBB

2^e CL. R.W. SOUDER

English translation:

In memory of the American soldiers who gloriously died for the liberation of Saint-Vit the 8th and 9th of September 1944

Sgt C. YARBOROUGH

Tech 5 Cl. J.F. BARKOWSKI

Cpl I. EVANS

Pvt D.V. HOBB

Pvt R.W. SOUDER

Commemorates:

People:

John E. Borkowski

Ira Evans

Delbert V. Hobb

Richard Wilburn Souder

Clyde B. Yarborough

Units:

753rd Tank Battalion

7th Army

United States Army

Wars:

WWII

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