World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Agathon Ethet Wolff
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Campbell County, Kentucky
Honored By
Bellevue Veterans Club
311TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 78TH INFANTRY DIVISION. DIED: DECEMBER 13, 1944. THE 78TH INFANTRY DIVISION ARRIVED IN ENGLAND OCTOBER 26, 1944 AND RECEIVED FURTHER TRAINING. IT LANDED IN FRANCE, NOVEMBER 22, 1944 AND MOVED TO TONGRES, BELGIUM AND TO ROTGEN, GERMANY, TO PREPARE FOR COMBAT. THE 311TH INFANTRY REGIMENT WAS ATTACHED TO THE 8TH DIVISION IN THE HUERTGEN FOREST, DECEMBER 10, 1944. ON DECEMBER 13TH, 1944 THESE REGIMENTS SMASHED INTO SIMMERATH, WITZERATH, AND BICKERATH.