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Harry P. Wiens
Born	13 Jul 1925, Mountain Lake, Cottonwood County, Minnesota
Gender	Male
Parents	Peter C. Wiens (1872 - 1936), Maria "Marie" (Quiring) Wiens (1887 - 1935)
Schools Attended
Branch of Service	Army
Additional Identifiers	Killed in Action
Service Timeframe	16 Sep 1943 - 30 Jul 1944
War/Conflict	World War Two 1939-1945
Principal Units and Locations	Private, Company K, 115th Infantry, 29th Division, US Army 18 year old Pvt Harry Wiens landed on Omaha Beach with the 29th Infantry Division in Normandy, France on June 6-7, 1944.
Military Awards and Decorations	Purple Heart

Narrative Killed in the battle for Vire, France. Buried Mountain Lake Cemetery, Mountain Lake, Cottonwood County, Minnesota. The 29th Infantry Division trained in Scotland and England for the cross channel invasion, October 1942-June 1944. Teamed with the 1st Division, a regiment of the 29th Division (116th Infantry) was in the first assault wave to hit the beaches at Normandy on D-day, 6 June 1944. Landing on Omaha Beach on the same day in the face of intense enemy fire, the Division soon secured the bluff tops and occupied Isigny, 9 June. The Division cut across the Elle River and advanced slowly toward St. Lo, fighting bitterly in the Normandy hedge rows. After taking St. Lo, 18 July 1944, the Division joined in the battle for Vire, capturing that strongly held city, 7 August. Private Wiens was killed taking Vire.