Database 83rd Infantry Division

Wendell M Arsenault (31013334)

Name Arsenault, Wendell M
Rank Sergeant
Army Serial # 31013334
State New Hampshire
Date of death 1944-07-09
Plot, Row, Grave A, 10, 25
Cemetery Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France , Google Maps
Unit E Company, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Awards Purple Heart
Additional information
Sergeant Arsenault was a member of E Company. The morning report for July 11, 1944 on page 19 lists him joining the unit from the 48th Replacement Battalion on July 7, 1944. The morning report for August 5, 1944 on page 8 lists him as killed in action on July 9, 1944. The pages can be seen below.

Harry Welch, Sr provided me the pictures and with the following information on Wendell Arsenault. The Arsenault family lived in Groveton, New Hampshire and Wendell went to Bath High School in Bath, NH. A picture of his memorial stone in Swiftwater, NH, can be seen below. The picture shows Wendell with his mother Mabel.
Morning reports
1944-07-11 SGT Assigned and joined from 48th Replacement Battalion as of July 7, 1944 E / 330 view page
1944-08-05 SGT Killed in action on July 9, 1944 E / 330 view page
Various documents
Description Page
Listed in 330th Infantry Regiment Casualties and Awards as killed in action as a Sergeant in 330. 8