SIMARD, Naubert Oliver, Jr.
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Simard, Naubert Oliver, Jr. Date of birth:  Unknown Date of death:  July 30th, 1944 (near La Chapelle/Manche department, Basse-Normandie, France) Buried on:  Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Nationality:  American BIOGRAPHY:  Captain Naubert O. Simard is buried at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer/Basse-Normandie, France. Plot: H, Row: 27, Grave: 16.       DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS (DSC) Rank: Captain Unit: Intelligence Officer, 78th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Armored Division "Hell On Wheels", U.S. Army Action: For action performed on 30 July 1944, near Manche department, La Chapelle/Basse-Normandie, France. Details: Headquarters, First U.S. Army, General Orders No. 72 (1944). Posthumously awarded.         PURPLE HEART Rank: Captain Unit: Intelligence Officer, 78th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Armored Division "Hell On Wheels", U.S. Army         Provide alterations or additional information Information source(s):   - Pugsley, C., Operation Cobra, Battle Zone Normandy, Sutton Publishing Limited, United Kingdom, 2004 - American Battle Monuments Commission