World War II Honoree

Rosalio E. Ramirez

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Harris County, Texas

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

RANK: PRIVATE. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY JANUARY 19, 1942 AT FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS. AFTER PARATROOPER TRAINING, HE SERVED WITH D-COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 502ND PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 101ST AIRBORNE ‘SCREAMING EAGLES’ DIVISION. JUMPED INTO THE SAINT-MARTIN-DE-VARREVILLE AREA ON THE FRENCH COTENTIN PENINSULA IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, 01:40, D-DAY, TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1944 BATTLE OF NORMANDY. THIS WAS THE INVASION OF GERMANY’S FORTRESS EUROPE, CODE NAME: OPERATION OVERLORD, IN WHICH HE WAS KILLED AND WAS BURIED IN A BATTLEFIELD CEMETERY. AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN EUROPE, HIS REMAINS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY, WITH INTERMENT JULY 27, 1948 IN THE FORT SAM HOUSTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.