Rank and Name, Private First Class Archie Harold Miller.
Unit/Placed in, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, United States Army.
Archie is born on 19 June 1922 in Oswego County, New York.
Father, Robert J. Miller.
Mother, .
Sister(s), Hellen, Francis.
Brother(s), Clarence Miller.
Archie enlisted the service in New York with service number # 32476083.
Archie was KIA by the attack of Kampfgruppe Walther at Veghel, Holland coming from the town of Erp, Holland on 22 Sep. 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Marksmanship Badge, Parachutist Badge, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Archie is buried at Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.
Archie also has a Memorial Grave at Fairdale Cemetery, Hannibal, Oswego County, New York, USA.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
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POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
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Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
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The Germans had formed two Kampfgruppen to attack the corridor at Veghel. Kampfgruppe Hüber, consisting of troops of the regular army outfits, Fallschirmjägers and Luftwaffe troops, on the west of the corridor. And Kampfgruppe Walther, consisting of the 107th Panzer Brigade, three SS battalions, Luftwaffe troops and regular infantry on the east of the corridor. While the 506th was marching north towards Uden from Veghel, the German attacked the corridor at Erp with full force. Tanks and infantry attacked swiftly. The paratroopers of the 501st, 506th, 327th and supporting units were able to withstand the attacks, but the Germans put up a good fight. Simultaneously the Germans attacked Eerde and the Coevering. The paratroopers could just barely hold on to the corridor together with XXX-corps.
Even though the enemy attacks were halted, the Germans were able to hold on to the corridor in between Veghel and Uden. The bridges were held, but the corridor was still under pressure at the Coevering. With units of XXX-corps involved in the fighting, XXX-corps wasn’t able to push north towards Arnhem as quick as Horrocks would like too.
