That fewer of them died than previously supposed should not be taken as revisionist commentary on the landing’s difficulty or the ferocity of the fight but rather as stunning evidence of the effectiveness of the pre-invasion training and quality of leadership at all levels. More than 154,000 troops took part in the D-Day landing. Tuckwiller researched and verified the identities and assignments of the men killed on D-Day, the Foundation began recording their names on bronze plaques bearing the seal of the National D-Day Memorial. Though Czechoslovakia, Greece, Netherlands, and Poland also participated in the AEF, their forces had no fatalities on D-Day. Of that number, 2,499 of those fatalities were from the United States, while the remaining 1,914 served with the forces of Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Tuckwiller worked closely with governmental and military officials of the twelve AEF nations to identify the 4,413 people who died on D-Day. Carol Tuckwiller, began the painstaking task of identifying by name, nation, and organization every member of the AEF killed on D-Day.ĭuring the course of her research, Tuckwiller sifted through unit reports, military records, databases, microfilm, and numerous other sources to verify and add, one by one, the names of those killed on 6 June 1944. Having had little success coming to terms with the broad disparity in figures expressing the Allied Expeditionary Force’s (AEF) D-Day losses, figures that ranged from 12,000 to 5,500 depending on the source consulted, the former Director of Research and Archives, Ms. Over ten years ago the Foundation embarked on a research project unprecedented in the study of D-Day. Operation Kilroy: Passport to Virginia WWII Sites.D-Day Participant Identification Program.Employment Opportunities and Internships.
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