The U.S. Memorial Wereth Association takes care of the monument erected by Hermann Langer in 1994 to immortalize the destiny of eleven African-American soldiers killed in WWII in Wereth/Amel. Our goal is to honor them and increase awareness of their story.
We are trying to get in contact with some family members to research more information, especially on their lives before they entered the Army. (We are already in contact with the families of Robert Green and James Aubrey Stewart.) We are also looking for someone who can help us locate photos of the other soldiers, as we only have 5 to date.
The soldiers pictured are:
PVT Curtis Adams, South Carolina, buried in Henri-Chapelle
PFC George Davis, Alabama, buried in Henri-Chapelle
TCPL Robert Green, Mississippi, buried in Highland Park, Cleveland
TSGT William Edward Pritchett, Alabama, buried in McCastar Cemetery, Wilcox
TSGT James Aubrey Stewart, Piedmont, buried in Henri-Chapelle
The soldiers of whom we need photos are:
CPL Mager Bradley, Mississippi, buried in Fort Gibson
SSGT Thomas J Forte, Mississippi, buried in Henri-Chapelle
PFC Jimmie Lee Leatherwood, Mississippi, buried in College Hill Pontotoc
PVT Nathaniel Moss, Texas, buried in Henri-Chapelle
PFC George W Moten, Texas, buried in Henri-Chapelle
PFC Due W Turner, Arkansas, buried in Henri-Chapelle
On this 75th Anniversary, our vigil of remembrance will focus on the personal stories of our eleven heroes who died for our freedom. Our idea is to have eleven students taking their identities and relating the stories of their lives until the fateful day of December 17th, 1944. We want to give a special honor to these soldiers, thank all the guests for their loyalty, and maybe have coins made—in short: to make it special! We will have the ceremony on Saturday, May 18th, 2019 at 11AM.
If you can be of any assistance in locating the families or additional photos of the Wereth Eleven, please contact Solange DeKeyser at: dekeyser.solange@gmail.com,
0032 498/427959.
To learn more about the Wereth Memorial, go to: www.wereth.org
—Submitted by Solange DeKeyser, BOBA Member