Adam F Kauchis - Roll of Honor

Biografische informatie

Location grave Sergeant Adam F Kauchis at the Holy Trinity Cemetery, Oneida, New York, united States:

Gravestone Adam F Kauchis

Where was Sergeant Adam F Kauchis  killed in Action?

Phase: Phase I – The “Break-Through”

We do not know for sure what Comapany Sergeant Adam F Kauchis served in, we do know that he was officialy is noted as “Killed in Action”.
But there is some more info on where the 17th Engineers were involved in action on the day that Sergeant Adam F Kauchis was killed in action.

On july 25th the company D and B were south of Pont Herbert, Normandy, sweeping mines and filling bomb craters on roads and making by-passes through hedgerows for the armored columns. Company A and Company C were heading for Canisy and St Gilles. “Company A was pulling in bivouac near Les Mesnil-Herman on july the 27th when a heavy incoming artillery barrage killed Capt. Cecil E. McHahan and five man of Company A, and wounded several others.” 

(Source: 17th Armored Engineer Battalion Unit History.)

Combat Command B was with Company B (from the 17th Engineers) preparing an assault on Pont Brocard, Notre Dame le Cenilly, area around Legronne and Cambernon.
The roads were mined and some roads were in bad shape as a result of the bombing, during the night of july 26th on 27th the Engineers worked to remove mines and to make the passable.

(Source: Book “Hell on Wheels, the 2nd Armored Division by Donald E Houston,  1977.)

Summary

Although not confirmed, it is verly likely that Sergeant Adam F Kauchis was one of the five man of Company A who were killed with Capt. Cecil E. McHahan, during the artillery bombardment at Le Mesnil-Herman on 27th of july 1944.

Location where Corporal Randolph Clifford Jennie (supposably) Les Mesnil-Herman, Normandy France:

Official casualty list

Official Casualty list Oneida County New York Kachis Adam F detail

Official Casualty list Oneida County New York Kachis Adam F detail

Headstone Application Card

Gravestone Card Adam F Kauchis

The location of the house in the year where Sergeant Adam F. Kauchis lived with the family, as an 25 year old “ Laborer in a Cottonmill”:
Adress: 625 Potter St, Utica, NY 13502, Verenigde Staten

US Sensus 1940

Adam F Kauchis work as a “Laborer” in a Cottonmill in New York city in the year 1940.

US Sensus 1940

Sergeant Adam F Kauchis on a photo of A Company; Omaha Beach through the ‘Le Ruquet’ Draw, Normandy, France, June 1944

17th Armored Engineer Battalion, halftrack A-company leaves Omaha Beach through the ‘Le Ruquet’ Draw, Normandy,France, June 1944

Sergeant Adam F Kauchis 17th Engineers halftrack ‘Le Ruquet’ Draw, Normandie, Frankrijk Juni 1942

Sergeant Adam F Kauchis 17th Engineers halftrack ‘Le Ruquet’ Draw, Normandie, Frankrijk Juni 1942

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Research © by: Martijn Brandjes
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