Private Corwin John Randt
We honor and remember PVT Corwin Randt of George Company, 3rd Battalion, 501st PIR, 101st Airborne Division.
Today we remember Private Corwin John Randt of George Company, 3rd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, who was born in Clintonville, Wisconsin, on June 18, 1921.
He was killed in action on June 6, 1944, near Picauville, Normandy, France, when his plane crashed after being hit twice by anti-aircraft fire. Three men were able to bail out in time from the burning plane, but thirteen other paratroopers of the same stick perished that day.
Private Corwin Randt died at 22 years of age in France.
On June 19, 1944, he was first buried, unidentified, at Plot C, Row 5, Grave 97, of the temporary American Military Cemetery of Blosville. In 1946, his body was reprocessed and identified at the Sub-Central Identification Point at Carentan, Normandy, France.
On February 3, 1948, he was disinterred and prepared for a final reburial back home. On February 16, his body was moved in a casket by truck to Cherbourg, France. He returned to the U.S. with the USAT Barney Kirschbaum, arriving in New York Harbor on February 2, 1949. He arrived in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, on April 15, 1949.
Private Randt rests eternally at Graceland Cemetery, Clintonville, Waupaca County, Wisconsin. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart Medal.
May Private Corwin Randt rest in peace.
Lest we forget! 🇺🇸
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