134th Infantry Regiment Website
"All Hell Can't Stop Us"
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134th Infantry Regiment Website"All Hell Can't Stop Us" |
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Constantine Mims, Jr, son of Constantine Sr and Mary (Irwin) Mims, was born May 26, 1921 in Laredo, Texas. He married Susan Jane Cherry September 5, 1942 and the couple had two children, Constantine III and Mary Louise. He registered for the draft February 16, 1942 when he was a 20 year old student at the University of Texas and was inducted into the Army June 8, 1942 at San Antonio, Texas. He joined Company K, 137th Infantry Regiment as an Infantry Unit Commander from the 38th Replacement Battalion October 15, 1944 while the unit was in the vicinity of Aboncourt, France. He was awarded a Silver Star Medal for gallantry while leading a patrol in the vicinity of Fossieux, France on November 2, 1944 and was awarded a Combat Infantryman Badge December 1, 1944. 1st Lt Constantine Mims Jr was seriously wounded by a shell blast in the Breiterwald Woods near Frauenberg, Germany December 17, 1944 and died the same day. He is buried at Laredo City Cemetery, Laredo, Texas.
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Silver Star Medal Citation |
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First Lieutenant Constantine Mims Jr, O1312198, Infantry, United States Army, for gallantry in action in the vicinity of * * * , France on 2 November 1944. Lieutenant Mims led a patrol of five men into enemy territory at dusk on 2 November with the mission of probing enemy defenses. He skillfully directed the movement of his patrol through a mine field and several barbed wire entanglements, then deployed the troops near their objective. He moved forward alone to reconnoiter, encountered a German soldier and rendered him unconscious, then engaged a second German in hand-to-hand combat and took him prisoner. The first German regained consciousness and was killed by Lieutenant Mims in the ensuing fight. The noise of the struggle had alerted enemy positions in the area and Lieutenant Mims led his patrol back to the American lines through a concentration of machine gun fire. By his aggressive leadership and initiative, Lieutenant Mims secured information which contributed to the success of an attack launched in this area several days later. Entered military service from Texas. General Orders No. 56, Headquarters 35th Infantry Division, 12 December 1944 |
