ELDER, Ned S.
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Elder, Ned S. Date of birth:  Unknown Date of death:  July 11th, 1944 (France) Buried on:  Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Nationality:  American BIOGRAPHY:  Captain Ned S. Elder is buried at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer/Basse-Normandy, France. Plot: G, Row: 25, Grave: 30.       DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS (DSC) Rank: Captain Unit: Commanding Officer Company C, 743rd Tank Battalion, V Corps, First United States Army Action: For action performed on D-Day, June 6th 1944, sector Dog White, Omaha Beach, Normandy, France. Details: Citation unavailable.         PURPLE HEART Rank: Captain Unit: Commanding Officer Company C, 743rd Tank Battalion attached to 30th Infantry Division "Old Hickory", U.S. Army         Provide alterations or additional information Information source(s):   - Balkoski, J., Omaha Beach: D-Day, June 6, 1944, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, U.S.A., 2006 - The 30th Infantry Division In World War II - American Battle Monuments Commission