PRIVATE ARTHUR B. THIBODEAU, 11131385

PRIVATE ARTHUR B. THIBODEAU, 11131385 KIA US Army. Private Thibodeau attended Haverhill High School and then enlisted in the army on May 24, 1943. He was sent to Camp Wheeler, Ga., for seventeen weeks of basic training as a rifleman. He was given a brief furlough at home and then reported to Fort Meade, Mel., from where he was shipped overseas in October, 1943. He served on Company I, 6th Armored Infantry, 1st Armored Division. In North Africa his unit received advance training and were then committed to their first action at Salerno, Italy, and later took part in the bitter fighting at the Anzio Beachhead. In May, 1944, a general advance began, to drive the Germans from their positions. The tanks of his armored unit were reforming for an attack when an enemy barrage struck their position on May 24, 1944. Private Thibodeau was killed instantly, when a gun shell burst directly above him. He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Thibodeau, 420 Kenoza St.

PRIVATE ARTHUR B. THIBODEAU, 11131385 KIA US Army. Private Thibodeau attended Haverhill High School and then enlisted in the army on May 24, 1943. He was sent to Camp Wheeler, Ga., for seventeen weeks of basic training as a rifleman. He was given a brief furlough at home and then reported to Fort Meade, Mel., from where he was shipped overseas in October, 1943. He served on Company I, 6th Armored Infantry, 1st Armored Division. In North Africa his unit received advance training and were then committed to their first action at Salerno, Italy, and later took part in the bitter fighting at the Anzio Beachhead. In May, 1944, a general advance began, to drive the Germans from their positions. The tanks of his armored unit were reforming for an attack when an enemy barrage struck their position on May 24, 1944. Private Thibodeau was killed instantly, when a gun shell burst directly above him. He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Thibodeau, 420 Kenoza St.

 

 

1- Haverhill Massachusetts – Haverhill  in World War Two