I recently discovered that my grandfather’s older brother Joseph died at Normandy in a major battle where over 1000 US soldiers died in 24 hours. I had always known he died in the war, but I don’t think anyone ever said Normandy… 

 

He was a private in the 83rd regiment, 331st infantry division, and died on the 4th of July 1944. He’d just turned 18 on 28 May. The photo is him 18 months before he was killed.