Rank and Name, First Lieutenant Lewis C. Steiner.
Unit/Placed in, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division “Old Hickory”.
Lewis was born on 11 Sep. 1920 in New York.
Father, Joseph Manning Steiner.
Mother, Lilian (Shears) Steiner.
Daughter, Alice Hawthorne (Steiner).
Lewis enlisted the service at Alabama with serial number # O-1319794.
Lewis C. Steiner was a First Lieutenant in the 120th Infantry Regiment.
Lewis was KIA during the Aftermath of the Battle of St. Lo on July 20, 1944, and he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Lewis is buried at Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint James, Department de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France.
Thanks to 30thorg, http://www.30thinfantry.org/
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.
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The Battle of St. Lo & The Breakout
The 30th Infantry Division was not involved in the initial onslaught of D-Day as were the 1st, 29th & 4th Infantry Divisions and the 2nd and 5th Ranger Battalions, but as time went on, the 30th received their full share of unexpected wartime disasters.
From all historical accounts and much other publicity, the Battle of St. LO was won alone by the 29th Infantry Division, but it must not be overlooked that they had a lot of assistance from the 1st, 35th and 30th Infantry Divisions. Without the assistance of these Divisions, it would have taken much longer, and at a greater loss of lives to the men of the 29th Infantry Division.
This account will cover the major assistance given to the 29th Infantry Division, by the 30th Infantry Division.
The 30th Division was committed to its baptism of fire on 15 June 1944, in a sector previously occupied by the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, with its first headquarters being established at a point just one mile south of Isigny, after leaving Omaha Beach.
A few small communities were liberated, the Vire et Taute Canal crossed, and the first town, St. Jean-de-Daye, was liberated on 7 July. The Battle for St. LO had begun seriously on 3 July, continuing on for the next few days with fierce hedgerow fighting. In preparation for this great decisive battle, the 30th Infantry Division was assigned the formidable task of taking the high ground, a ridge, just to the west of St. LO.
This was accomplished by 20 July, and thus denied the Germans of their prime observation positions overlooking St. LO, which had been the major deterrent for the 29th Division to enter and liberate the City of St. LO.
