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MAIDMENT, Anthony Harding - Date of
birth
29 March 1916 -
Age
unknown -
Place of birth
Clifton, Bristol, England -
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O1010740 -
Rank
Captain -
Function
unknown -
Unit
HQ Company,
18th Tank Battalion,
8th Armored Division
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Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
unknown - Date of
death
26 January 1945 - Place of
death
Berg, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| D | 12 | 9 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Charles E. Maidment (father)
Frances M. (Cox) Maidment (mother)
Margaret B. Maidment (sister)
More information
Capt Anthony M. Maidment graduated from Princeton Township High School and North Western University in Chicago.He was a salesman, employed by the E.R. Moore Co. before he joined the Regular Army in Chicaga, Illinois on 16 June 1941.
He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously for his action on 26 January 1945. During the attack on a very strongly-held enemy position in Berg, Germany, the Company Commander and the first platoon leader were wounded. Capt Maidment, the battalion S-3, on his own initiative took command of Company D and directed it into position so that the attack was continued. Later the same day the second platoon leader’s tank became seriously damaged. In order that a planned assault by the platoon with combined infantry might be made against the strongly-held position, Captain Maidment mounted the second tank and led the assault. When within 100 yards of the enemy position his tank was hit by an enemy anti-tank rocket and Capt Maidment was killed.
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Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www. ancestry. com, https://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient/recipient-26294/
Photo source: - www.findagrave.com - soilsister / Vindicator 1