David Stark Velie
Graduating
Class of 1934
Served in
World War II
Private
David Stark Velie
Army
100th Infantry Division
399th Infantry Regiment
Hometown
Delavan, WI
Date of Birth
Location of Death
Vosges, France
Date of Death
Location of Burial
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, Dinozé, France
More About Private Velie
Private Velie was killed during four days of fighting in blinding rain and bitter cold when the 100th Division entered the line for the first time in the Vosges Mountains. Attacking SW out of the town of Baccarat, their objective was to break the German entrenched positions along 1,200 to 1,500 foot high ridges. By November 18, 1944 they outflanked the town of Raon l'Étape and broke the German winter lines in this sector, which was intended by the Germans to hold out until April of 1945.