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SCOTT, Horatio Warren - Date of
birth
29 July 1923 -
Age
21 -
Place of birth
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts -
Hometown
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts -
Ethnicity
African American
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
11130688 -
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade -
Function
unknown -
Unit
C Company,
761st Tank Battalion
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
10 November 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Morville-lès-Vic, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| G | 15 | 32 |
Immediate family
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Members
Lawrence Scott (father)
More information
Horatio Scott was a welder.He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Boston, Massachusetts on 7 December 1942.
On 9 November, C Company ran into an anti-tank ditch near Morville. The German 11th Panzer Division began to knock out seven tanks one by one down the line.
After the company commander Capt McHenry gave the order to dismount, several men were killed by shell fire and small arms when they crawled through the freezing and muddy waters of the ditch.
T/4 Horatio Scott sustained an abdominal wound from ricocheting shrapnel when an enemy shell penetrated his tank. Cpl Dwight Simpson carried Scott over his shoulder through a hail of enemy fire and evacuated him for further medical care but he died a day later.
The 761st Tank Battalion was the first African American armored unit to see combat and apart from some officers, consisted entirely of African American soldiers.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiiregistry.abmc.gov, History of the 761st TB, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com
Photo source: La Républicain Lorrain