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Casualty Info
Home Town McKeesport, PA
Last Address Killed on D-Day, 6 June 1944 Invasion of Normandy, France
Casualty Date Jun 06, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location France
Conflict World War II/European-African-Middle Eastern Theater/Normandy Campaign (1944)/Operation Overlord
Location of Interment American Cemetery - Normandy, France
Chain of Command 6th Naval Beach Battalion. The French Government awarded all the members of the 6th Naval Beach Battalion the French Croix de Guerre for bravery. In 2000, the 6th Naval Beach Battalion was finally awarded a Presidential Unit Citation. It should be noted, the 6th Naval Beach Battalion is the only Navy Unit to ever receive the Army version of the Presidential Unit Citation.
Other Memories In the early morning hours of June 6th, 1944, Amin Isbir, the oldest sailor of the 6th Naval Beach Battalion, Platoon C-8, was onboard LCI-L #88 along with soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division and those of the 5th Special Engineers Brigade heading on a eastern course towards Omaha Beach, Easy Red One sector. An LCI-L or Landing Craft Infantry Large, carried about 200 troops and their cargo. Amin Isbir was killed in action, in the line of duty, that morning.