Let me go look, I'm pretty sure the deceased papers showed 745. Hang on....

Now I can't find anything with 745 in it. His death report has an Asterisk and says "Combat Infantryman". And there is a box that is checked "Combat" right above an empty box that says "Non-Combat". So whatever his duties were, they were combat duties. I think it narrows it down to Rifleman, 60mm Mortarman or Machine gunner / BAR man. Because he was in E company. I suppose there could've been other jobs though, IDK.

He was turned town at Ft. Benning by a General Beale for OCC class 123. Or would it be OCS. Officer Candidate something or other. He was a corporal at that point.

As far as the photo goes, I'm assuming this is the one you've seen. There are two more very similar, but this one has the best views of rifles. One is evident there are carbines. And some kind of rifle.


One guy on the 2ID site is saying the morning reports are the best way, and that the AAR's don't usually have mentions of individuals names.
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