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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Ward Talcott, son of Harry and Edith (Wuerfele) Talcott, was born January 27, 1913 in Hutchinson, Kansas. He moved to Texas sometime between 1928 and 1930 and married Mary Hazel Devers on April 6, 1936. He registered for the draft October 16, 1940. At the time he was living in Lebanon, Ohio and working at The Handigas Company of Ohio. 2nd Lt Ward Talcott served as an Infantry Unit Commander in Company E, 320th Infantry Regiment. Originally reported missing, it was later confirmed that he had been killed in action July 28, 1944 in the vicinity of St Lo, France. He is buried at Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
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Silver Star Medal (posthumous) |
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Second Lieutenant Ward Talcott, O1325117, Infantry, United States Army, for gallantry in action in the St Lo sector, Normandy, France, 13 July 1944. In the hedgerow fighting about St Lo, the point of lead infantry moving forward to strengthen a lightly held position threatened by enemy infiltration, was subjected to intense enemy machine gun fire from a group of buildings. Lieutenant Talcott voluntarily led a reinforced squad around the flank of the buildings in an attempt to destroy the enemy guns, but while crossing hedgerows to reach his objective, other enemy machine guns opened fire, as a result of which he was mortally wounded. Lieutenant Talcott's inspiring courage and initiative are in accord with the highest traditions of the military service. Entered military service from Ohio General Orders No. 38, Headquarters 35th Infantry Division, 29 September 1944 |
