Records for Henry W Saaga (10100148) - 83rd Infantry Division Documents

Name	Saaga, Henry W
Rank	Private
Army Serial #	10100148
State	Hawaii
Date of death	1945-07-02
Plot, Row, Grave	Tablets of the missing
Cemetery	Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France , Google Maps
Unit	G Company, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Awards

Additional information
Private Saaga was a member of G Company. The morning report for July 1, 1944 on page 2 and subsequent pages lists him as missing in action. The morning report also con tains a reference to the patrol on which he went missing in action: Pvt. Saaga displayed extraordinary courage and bravery without respect for his own life when he vaulted an enemy occupied hedgerow to attack, alone, an enemy MG position whose fire was pinning the patrol down. As a result of his act, the patrol was able to move out and return to their own lines. When last heard of Pvt. Saaga was throwing hand grenades and firing his rifle. At this time Pvt. Saaga is still missing. National History Day has an excellent page on Private Saaga that can be seen here that contains his life story. The pages can be seen below.

Morning reports
1944-06-27	TSGT	Rank reduced to Private as of June 27, 1944	C / 330	view page
1944-06-27	PVT	Transferred to G Company, 330th Infantry Regiment as of June 27, 1944	C / 330	view page
1944-06-27	PVT	Assigned and joined from C Company, 330th Infantry Regiment as of June 27, 1944	G / 330	view page
1944-07-01	PVT	Missing in action as of July 1, 1944	G / 330	view page
1944-07-01	PVT	Listed in Record of Events for July 1, 1944	G / 330	view page
1944-07-02	PVT	Entry in morning report of July 1, 1944 is erroneous	G / 330	view page
1944-07-03	PVT	Missing in action as of July 3, 1944	G / 330	view page

Various documents
Description	Page
Listed in 330th Infantry Regiment Casualties and Awards as missing in action as a Private in 330.	79