George L Boardman - 298th Engineer Combat Battalion, WWII, WW2

George L Boardman

Source: Find A Grave
Tec5 George L Boardman
BIRTH 19 May 1918, Ward, Lonoke County, Arkansas
DEATH 7 Aug 1944 (aged 26), France
BURIAL Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial
Saint-James, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
MEMORIAL ID 56351062
298th Engineer Combat Battalion
Entered the Service from: Michigan
Awards: Purple Heart

Listed at the American Battle Monuments Commission

Listed in the 298th Journal August 1944
STATEMENT OF 2D LT CREIGHTON F. LAWSON
We were leading the convoy on Route GC 47 on the morning of 7 August 1944 at approximately 0400 hours. On approaching the junction of GC 46 and GC 47 we noticed a jeep and several men at the intersection. At first we thought they were friendly troops and drove within 100 feet of the intersection when some of the men we had observed commenced talking in a loud tone of voice which was evidently German. Lt Silva, our company commander, ordered us to get out of the command car in which we were riding and move to the rear. We all left the command car and threw ourselves into the ditch and started moving to the rear of the convoy. At the same time the enemy opened up with machine-gun fire and what was thought to be 20mm fire. The kitchen truck which was immediately behind our command car and the air compressor, which was the 4th vehicle to our rear, were riddled with enemy fire. There was no chance to get these vehicles out of the trap since we were surrounded on 3 sides by the enemy, who had an armored vehicle immediately in front and slightly to the side of us. The driver and occupants riding in the front of the kitchen truck left the vehicle, and it is not known whether the 6 cooks riding in the rear of the truck were able to get out or not. This part of the company moved back and met the rest of the convoy approximately � Mi to the rear where a rear guard was formed while the rest of the vehicles were moved out of the area to join the rest of the Battalion. The entire unit then moved to the vicinity of Chevreville, France, arriving 7 August 1944, at 0530 hours.

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