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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS EDWARD
E. DEVOE, winner of the Bronze Star Medal, dierd of wounds received in action during
the Battle of the Bulge, on January 5, 1945. On
the morning of January 4th, the men of the 550th Infantry Airborne
Battalion entered into the fighting of the Battle of the Bulge, as they
made their way to the small town of Renuamont, located about 10
miles west of Bastogne. That evening a vicious German counter-attack would lead to the destruction or capture of most of B and
C Companies.
Click
here for an interview with Gene Tennison of A Company.
Private Devoe was survived by his mother, Mrs.
Helen Morgan, of 356 Nicholson Road in Audubon NJ. He had entered the
service from Montgomery County PA. |
