284 enlisted men and 13 officers were missing in action. 61 enlisted men and 1 officer incapacitated by Trench-foot, and 13 Enlisted Men were non-combat casualties (including Combat Fatigue). Fox Company suffered a staggering 95% casualty rate. 27 men were Killed In Action, the list is as follows, Pfc. Nevin C. Altfather, Pfc. Arthur J. Bean, Pfc. Gideon Bencohen, Pfc. William C. Berry, Pfc. Wilford M. Black, S/Sgt. Claude Blackwell, Pfc. Ovelo T. Blanchard, S/Sgt. Joseph Branck, 2nd Lt. Burrel B. Budden, Pfc. Herbert W. Chappel, Pfc. Robert H. Edelstein, Pvt. Alphonse Farris, Pfc. Robert c. Jacoby, Pfc. James T. Kirby, Pvt. Edward Kloosterman Jr., Pfc. John M. Letsos, Sgt. Robert Y. Lewis Jr., Pfc. Earl R. Lockerby, Pvt. Walter J. Massicotte, Pfc. James P. Parsons, Pfc. Arthur J. Richardson, Pvt. Samuel W. Richardson Jr., Pvt. Daniel J. Roeder, Pfc. Joseph P. Schlosser, Pfc. Russel P. Skorik, Sgt. Isidor Tarnofsky, Pfc. Walter S. Taylor. Of the Company men who had gone through the brutal 8-day battle of Kesternich, only eight men, 1st Sgt Rosenblatt, T-Sgt Horst, Sgts DiMarco, Clayton, Farnworth, and Pfcs Sharkey, Eikenberry, and Roberts, were able to go on. With a few Fox men who had not been through Kesternich, these eight men withdrew to Raeren Belgium, where S-Sgt Dallas E. Dimmer, the machine-gun section sergeant, received a Battlefield Commission. On December 25, Fox Company left for a bivouac site in Lammersdorf, Germany. In every foxhole, the Christmas spirit found its way to everyone. General Parker, the commander of the division, conveyed the following message to the men: "On this particular day, our thoughts go homeward, just as our people at home are thinking of us. By our very presence here, amid the misfortunes that are war, we have made and are making possible a peaceful Christmas in a free land for our families back in America. We know that this cannot be a Merry Christmas, in the true sense of the word, for us. Yet the same world ills which brought the Star of Bethlehem into giving us inspiration for successfully completing the duty before us. I join this day in what Christmas means to each of us. Best wishes and good luck." Roer river campaign Most of January 1945 was spent resting and participating in tank-Infantry training. On January 7th, they departed Lammersdorf for Roetgen by truck, bouncing around the Monschau district until entering the Division