Clockwise from top: Vernie in front on horse to the right ; Vernie left holding cat with brother George; Vernie sitting to the right fishing; Vernie bottom left sitting, sister Pearl is third from left and sister Francis is on the far right with friends.
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Top: Vernie between horses on ranch, 1938; Middle: Vernie far right; elder brother Ray in center with wife Beulah Sadie in front of him; front right of Vernie is eldest sister Pearl; in front of her is Ray Jr, Vernie's nephew (Ray and Sadie's son). Far left is Annabelle (Annie), his sister in 1941. Bottom: Vernie far right, with sister and brother Ray, 1941.
Upper left: Vernie as a baby with his siblings in the arms of a neighbor; his mother Neva is far left. Vernie as a baby April/May 1921. Liebl brothers, eldest Ray (left), Vernie (middle) and George (right); in front of his dad is Ray Jr. A future US Marine. Vernie with sister Francis and brother George.
Vernie Liebl's 357th Infantry Regiment of the 90th Infantry Division landed on D-Day on Utah Beach. Vernie was wounded on July 11th when the 90th Division cleared the Foret de Mont-Castre (Hill 122) during fierce German resistance. The 90th Division suffered 5000 killed, wounded or captured. Vernie was hospitalized in England and returned to the Front on July 31st. He was killed during the battle to liberate Hayange on 10 September 1944.
Vernie Liebl's 357th Infantry Regiment of the 90th Infantry Division landed on D-Day on Utah Beach. Vernie was wounded on July 11th when the 90th Division cleared the Foret de Mont-Castre (Hill 122) during fierce German resistance. The 90th Division suffered 5000 killed, wounded or captured. Vernie was hospitalized in England and returned to the Front on July 31st. He was killed during the battle to liberate Hayange on 10 September 1944.
Vernie was buried in the Lorraine American Cemetery, Saint Avold, Lorraine, France (Plot C Row 24 Grave 30). His parents --Josef and Neva Liebl-- placed a marker near their burial plot in Beaver Creek Cemetery, Twisp, Washington State in his honor:
May God continue to bless/rest Vernie's soul, and the souls of all those killed by forces of evil during a conflict in which the righteous ultimately triumphed after much bloodshed.
Monument erected to honor Vernie and his fellow soldiers who died liberating Hayange, September 10, 1944:
Monument erected to honor Vernie and his fellow soldiers who died liberating Hayange, September 10, 1944:
357th Infantry Regiment 11 Soldiers Plaque
Details:
Affixed to the street-facing front of a three-storey, duplex residential building situated at No. 29 Rue du General de Gaulle (D952) on the north side of the road. The rail line runs directly behind the house. Plaque Bronze plaque commemorating 11 soldiers of the 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. It is situated directly above a smaller plaque that marks the site of the interred ashes of Lieutenant Colonel Edward Smith Hamilton, the "Liberator of Hayange."
Monument Text:
A la memoire des soldats du 357eme d'infanterie
90eme division de l'armee americaine tombes pour la
liberation du Hayange le 10 septembre 1944 morts aux service
de leur patrie et pour la liberte de l'humanite
Nous n'oublierons pas
Company A
Albert Lemmon
Alphonse T. Ludwig
Willian L. Minton
Donald Miller
Lawrence A. Peters
Richard Fern
Gabriel J. Poletts
Bernard A. White
Company C
Vernie D. Liebl
Rex L. Sprouse
Company D
Stanley A. Wozniczka
In honor of those soldiers of the 357th Infantry 90th Division US-Army
who in the liberation of Hayange on 10 September 1944 died in
the service of their country and the freedom of mankind
We shall not forget
