So far we have no knowledge about the life of George B Randolph. We only know that he entered the service from Alabama. Should anyone have additional information, than please contact us via this website. Any information is deeply appreciated ! What we do know, is documented below and illustrated with pictures ...

UPDATE: In May 2009 we received a great e-mail from Denise Accardi stating that she had found some information regarding George Randolph ! Denise's father briefly served under George Randolp and credited him for saving his life ... Here is what Denise found:

FROM THE BIRMINGHAM-AGE HERALD (Thursday 25 January, 1945):

Family Receives Notice Of Death Of Former Teacher Here

Lt. Col. George B. Randolph, 41, former teacher in Birmingham high schools, was killed in action Jan. 9 while fighting in Luxemburg as a tank battalion commander with the U.S. Army, members of his family here have been notified by the War Department.

Col. Randolph, former science teacher at Ensley and West End high schools before entering the service in February, 1941, had twice received the Silver Star for gallantry in action. He also wore the Purple Heart for wounds received in action, and two decorations from the French government, the Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre. He had been overseas since last April.

Survivors include the widow, the former Miss Katherine Pattillo, and two sons, Joe Marvin Randolph, 10, and William Pierce Randolph, 6, of 939 Fifth Place, West, his mother, Mrs. J.L. Randolph, and a sister, Mrs. J.C. Crowe, both of Dalton, GA.

Corporal Walter Hahn, George's driver recalls: "We reached Nothum on January 9, 1945 about 4.00 AM. The drive to Nothum was long and very dangerous due to icy roads ... By that time Northum was already subject to heavy artillery fire. I parked our Jeep between two tanks who offered some cover from the shelling. Lt.Col. Randolph told me that he had a meeting with General Van Fleet and his staff in the house across the road. After this meeting Lt Col Randolph told me that we would launch an attack in the direction of Pommerloch at 10.00 AM. After that he went to a Tank Destroyer and observed the surrounding area at Café Schumann.

Suddenly another heavy barrage of Nebelwerfer started. At first I looked for cover under one of the tanks and I noticed that Lt Col Randolph took cover on the side of a Tank Destroyer. I rushed across the street into the house where the meeting took place only minutes earlier. After the barrage was over a major entered the room and told us that a Lieutenant Colonel had been killed outside, during the barrage ... I ran outside and found Lt.Col. Randolph lying on the ground next to the Tank Destroyer ... He had been hit in his head by a piece of shrapnel ...

These days George Randolph's final resting place can be visited at the American Military cemetery of Luxemburg. George and 5.075 other American soldier, airmen and sailors were layed to rest, together with General George S Patton Jr. who found his final resting place at this same cemetery

Special thanks Roger Marquet
and to Denise Accardi for giving us more insight in George's personal life ...