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Breault., Auvergne Stephen (Frenchy), TM2c.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Escanaba, MI
Last Address USS Corry in the Atlantic.
TM2c Breault's remains are actually lost in the Atlantic off Normandy.
Casualty Date Jun 06, 1944
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Atlantic Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment American Cemetery - Normandy, France
Wall/Plot Coordinates CENOTAPH
Military Service Number 3 053 997
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
As H-Hour (06:30) neared, when troops would begin fighting their way onto the beaches, the plane assigned to lay smoke for Corry to conceal her from enemy fire suddenly got shot down, leaving Corry fully exposed to German gunners who were now firing at her in full fury.
At approximately H-Hour, during a duel with a shore battery, Corry suffered direct heavy-caliber artillery hits in her engineering spaces amidships. With her rudder jammed, she went around in a circle before all steam was lost. Still under heavy fire, Corry began sinking rapidly with her keel broken and a foot-wide crack across her main deck amidships.
After the order to abandon ship, crewmembers fought to survive in bone-chilling 54 °F water for more than two hours as they awaited rescue under constant enemy fire from German shore gunners. One crewmember raised the American flag up Corry's main mast, which remained above the surface of the shallow 30-foot-deep water when the ship settled on the bottom at 49°30:50:N, 1°11:30:W Coordinates.
Corry survivors were rescued by Fitch, Hobson, Butler, and PT-199. Of her crew, 24 were killed and 60 were wounded.
TM2 Breault was listed as missing in action and later declared dead.
