World War II Honoree

Horace S. Earp

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Cottonwood County, Minnesota

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: 1ST SERGEANT. SERVED IN EUROPE WITH C-COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 357TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 90TH INFANTRY ‘TOUGH OMBRES’ DIVISION ATTACHED TO THE U.S. 1ST ARMY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE VAST ARMADA THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF GERMANY’S FORTRESS EUROPE, D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944, OPERATION OVERLORD AND WENT ASHORE ON UTAH BEACH. KILLED IN ACTION JUNE 12, 1944 WHILE FIGHTING IN THE HEDGEROWS DURING THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY. HE WAS INTERRED IN A BATTLEFIELD CEMETERY IN NORMANDY AND AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN EUROPE, HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY, FOR BURIAL IN THE AMO LUTHERAN CHURCH CEMETERY, STORDEN, MINNESOTA.