134th Infantry Regiment Website
"All Hell Can't Stop Us"
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134th Infantry Regiment Website"All Hell Can't Stop Us" |
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Harlett Brown Sutherland, son of Ernest and Lillie Mason (Brown) Sutherland, was born January 7, 1921 in Anderson County, Kentucky. He registered for the draft February 16, 1942. At the time he was living in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky and working as a farmer. He was inducted into the Army October 8, 1942 at Cincinnati, Ohio and joined Company C, 320th Infantry Regiment from the 38th Replacement Battalion September 26, 1944. He was promoted to Private First Class and awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge December 1, 1944. He was also awarded the Silver Star Medal for gallantry in action during fighting along the Saar River in France on December 8, 1944. Pfc Harlett B Sutherland was killed in action March 2, 1945 northeast of Duisburg, Germany. He is buried at Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.
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Silver Star Medal Citation |
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Private First Class Harlett B Sutherland, 35664432, Infantry, United States Army, for gallantry in action near * * * , France on 8 December 1944. Company C, 320th Infantry, was engaged in clearing the enemy fire from * * *, when it was discovered that an officer was wounded and lay exposed to enemy fire. Private Sutherland and two comrades, all riflemen, volunteered to attempt the evacuation of the officer but in endeavoring to reach his position while crossing open ground, were subjected to intense direct fire from well-entrenched enemy operating a machine gun augmented by small arms. Realizing that the destruction of the enemy emplacement was a condition precedent to the evacuation of the wounded officer, Private Sutherland, assisted by his comrades, coordinated their fire and movement, attacked and destroyed the enemy emplacement, and killed or captured the enemy personnel, thereby neutralizing an enemy position that hampered the occupation of * * * . Private Sutherland and his comrades then moved forward to the position of the wounded officer but found him dead. In returning to his company, he and his companions came upon a wounded man and removed him to the aid station. The gallant actions of Private Sutherland are such as to be in accord with the traditions of the military service. Entered military service from Kentucky. General Orders No. 4, Headquarters 35th Infantry Division, 12 January 1945 |
