D-Day. Omaha Beach. Killed In Action. Forgotten. Filthy Headstone.

Fay Bolding was arrested Sunday 8 Dec 1940 by Sheriff D. C. Dix for operating a moonshine still and possession of both liquor and beer. Fay was denied probation and sentenced to 1 year and 1 day in jail. Sheriff D. C. Dix of Franklin County, AL set a state record for arrests for violations of prohibition laws.

He served his jail sentence from 14 May 1942 until 15 May 1943. No probation. No slack. No mercy. A full one-year and one-day in jail courtesy of the Alabama state record holder for prohibition arrests Sheriff D. C. Dix despite the fact he was law man of a sparsely populated county in comparison to other counties in the state. Hmmmm.

A little more than two-months later on 29 Jul 1943, Fay Bolding enlisted in the United States Army for World War II. He was assigned to Company G, of the 175th Infantry Regiment, of the 29th Infantry Division, aka The Blue and The Gray.

Less than 11 months later on 6 Jun 1944, the 29th Infantry Division would lead the attack at Omaha Beach on D-Day opening the Allied Invasion of Normandy, France. Two regiments of the 29th Infantry Division stormed the beaches while the 175th Infantry Regiment was held in reserve. Following the other two regiments of the 29th Infantry Division, the 175th landed at Omaha Beach during the later hours of D-Day or early morning hours of D-Day +1.

The eyes of the world were upon this young fighting man, an ex-convict moonshiner from Red Bay, Alabama. I hope Sheriff D. C. Dix thought long and hard about his boastful state record for prohibition related arrests and his throwing the book at Fay Bolding as the world leaned in to their radios listening for news about America's finest sacrificing themselves against Hitler's Atlantic Wall.

Private Fay Bolding fought them on the beaches. He fought them in the hedgerows. He fought them house to house. But on 12 Aug 1944, his mother and father laid their son upon the alter of freedom. Private Fay Bolding was Killed In Action. His twin brother Foy most likely sensed it. According to a hand-written note by his father James Bolding as viewed at Ancestry.com, the Army buried him in the temporary battlefield cemetery at Marigny, France in the 10th Row, in Grave 183.

Private Fay Bolding, Killed In Action, recipient of the Purple Heart Medal, Hero to the World, was dug up from his battlefield grave almost exactly 4 years after giving his life blood for you. His body was shipped across the Atlantic Ocean and delivered to his family in Red Bay, Alabama. There was no National Cemetery in Red Bay, Alabama, so his parents did what most every other Gold Star families did, they buried him in his hometown cemetery. They buried him on 19 Sep 1948. It was a Sunday. His father and five brothers would have carried him to his final resting place with his feet facing east to await a glorious resurrection.

His father James completed the application for his government-furnished white marble veteran grave marker on 18 Sep 1948.

While visiting Red Bay, AL for services on his Tiffin Motorhome, Trae Zipperer, Founder of By Memorial Day, walked the sacred grounds of Red Bay Cemetery and came upon the white marble ground level veteran grave marker of this American hero, a World hero, covered in disgraceful biological filth. The best way to describe it is black algae. The death year of 1944 left no doubt.

They deserve better than this. Trae cleaned him up, installed a pvc pipe flag holder, and displayed a new grave flag. Trae produced a YouTube video for Fay Holding requesting a full pardon from the current Governor of Alabama. We'll see.

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