Second Lieutenant Chambers Douglas A (Service #: O1109190) died on 1944-06-07

You are reading the record of honored service member Chambers Douglas A, coming from the state Minnesota in the United States of America (according to my records his last home and/or enlistment state).
He served as Second Lieutenant with military service number #O1109190 in this unit - 1340 Engineer Combat Battalion.
He gave his life for our freedom on Wednesday 06 June 1944. He is buried or memorialized on the American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France.
The location of his grave: Plot B, Row 12, Grave 36

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Bernard thomas

about 2 months ago
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Hello, I'm working about the engineers buried in colleville sur mer.

Do you have the contact of the family I would like to help them, but and never forget the sacrifice de Douglas chambers.... thank you

Regards from normandy

Bernard thomas

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Meng Syn

about 1 year ago
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Not much is written about the 1340 Combat Engineers on D-DAY because only 17 of them were attached to the 1st infantry. My father in Law - Nick Gray (Nicholas Grapanovich) was with those 17 attached engineers on the the first wave on Easy Red....

Not much is written about the 1340 Combat Engineers on D-DAY because only 17 of them were attached to the 1st infantry. My father in Law - Nick Gray (Nicholas Grapanovich) was with those 17 attached engineers on the the first wave on Easy Red. His actions on D-Day earned him a Bronze Star and he lived to be 100 years old. Three weeks ago, my wife and I visited the Normandy American Cemetery to retrace my dad's path through France during the war. We were fortunate to track down the grave of 2nd Lt Douglas A Chambers who could have possibly been Nicks commanding officer on DDAY and who lost his life a day after landing. We had a ceremony at his grave site on May 10, 2022. A video record of that event is recorded in my blog. If you are a relative of this man, please reach out to my wife at her email [email protected].
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/715024030

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