World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Lloyd I. Newcomb
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Cumberland County, Maine
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: PRIVATE. INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY NOVEMBER 8, 1943 AT PORTLAND, MAINE. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNED TO THE 121ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, 8TH INFANTRY ‘PATHFINDER-GOLDEN ARROW’ DIVISION ATTACHED TO THE U.S. 3RD ARMY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE VAST ARMADA THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF GERMANY’S FORTRESS EUROPE, OPERATION OVERLORD. WHILE EMBARKING FROM HIS LCI ‘LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY’, HE WENT ASHORE ON OMAHA BEACH BATTLE OF NORMANDY JULY 4, 1944 AND ENTERED COMBAT JULY 7, 1944. KILLED IN ACTION MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1944 WHILE HIS UNIT WAS ADVANCING ON PLEURTUIT AND DINARD, FRANCE. ON THE DAY OF HIS DEATH, HIS REGIMENT WAS ATTACHED TO THE 83RD INFANTRY ‘THUNDERBOLT’ DIVISION. HE IS BURIED IN THE BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY LOCATED AT ST. JAMES (MANCHE), FRANCE AND WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.