U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-269564
Entered the Service from: Kansas
28th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division
Awards: Bronze Star, Purple Heart
John P. Usher is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Franklin County, Kansas.
The hilly wooded terrain of Luxembourg afforded the enemy ample opportunity for infiltration, ambush and the more treacherous methods of Nazi warfare ... During daylight on 7 October, a vehicle bearing Lt Col Frederick J Bailey and Lt Col John P Usher, was traveling well in the rear of the front lines when it was stopped by what appeared to be a US Army Captain and Sergeant, standing by a halted American jeep ... Pulling alongside and hearing the Captain talking wildly in German, although they wore American combat jackets and helmets, the officers opened fire and killed the two men ... An enemy machine gun and at least one rocket launcher opened fire from the edge of the woods ... Realizing that they had driven into an ambush, the American officers dismounted and started shooting it out with the Germans ... Lt Col Usher was killed.
Entered the Service from: Kansas
28th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division
Awards: Bronze Star, Purple Heart
John P. Usher is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Franklin County, Kansas.
The hilly wooded terrain of Luxembourg afforded the enemy ample opportunity for infiltration, ambush and the more treacherous methods of Nazi warfare ... During daylight on 7 October, a vehicle bearing Lt Col Frederick J Bailey and Lt Col John P Usher, was traveling well in the rear of the front lines when it was stopped by what appeared to be a US Army Captain and Sergeant, standing by a halted American jeep ... Pulling alongside and hearing the Captain talking wildly in German, although they wore American combat jackets and helmets, the officers opened fire and killed the two men ... An enemy machine gun and at least one rocket launcher opened fire from the edge of the woods ... Realizing that they had driven into an ambush, the American officers dismounted and started shooting it out with the Germans ... Lt Col Usher was killed.
U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #O-269564
Entered the Service from: Kansas
28th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division
Awards: Bronze Star, Purple Heart
John P. Usher is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Franklin County, Kansas.
The hilly wooded terrain of Luxembourg afforded the enemy ample opportunity for infiltration, ambush and the more treacherous methods of Nazi warfare ... During daylight on 7 October, a vehicle bearing Lt Col Frederick J Bailey and Lt Col John P Usher, was traveling well in the rear of the front lines when it was stopped by what appeared to be a US Army Captain and Sergeant, standing by a halted American jeep ... Pulling alongside and hearing the Captain talking wildly in German, although they wore American combat jackets and helmets, the officers opened fire and killed the two men ... An enemy machine gun and at least one rocket launcher opened fire from the edge of the woods ... Realizing that they had driven into an ambush, the American officers dismounted and started shooting it out with the Germans ... Lt Col Usher was killed.
Entered the Service from: Kansas
28th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division
Awards: Bronze Star, Purple Heart
John P. Usher is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Franklin County, Kansas.
The hilly wooded terrain of Luxembourg afforded the enemy ample opportunity for infiltration, ambush and the more treacherous methods of Nazi warfare ... During daylight on 7 October, a vehicle bearing Lt Col Frederick J Bailey and Lt Col John P Usher, was traveling well in the rear of the front lines when it was stopped by what appeared to be a US Army Captain and Sergeant, standing by a halted American jeep ... Pulling alongside and hearing the Captain talking wildly in German, although they wore American combat jackets and helmets, the officers opened fire and killed the two men ... An enemy machine gun and at least one rocket launcher opened fire from the edge of the woods ... Realizing that they had driven into an ambush, the American officers dismounted and started shooting it out with the Germans ... Lt Col Usher was killed.
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