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Need to and appropriate to add that Theodore Roosevelt Jr (TRJr) died of a heart attack within the month following D-Day. Already a veteran of WW1 with a Distinguished Service Cross [DSC] award (second only to the Medal of Honor [MoH]), he had hid his heart condition from his superiors to be allowed in combat.

He was initially recommended for a second DSC for his actions on D-Day at Utah Beach and was approved for a promotion to Major General if he had lived another day. The DSC recommendation was upgraded to the MoH and awarded posthumously in September of 1944.

He is interred at the Normandy US Cemetery devoted for the most part to the fallen of D-Day and the subsequent Normandy Campaign. However, interred next to him is his younger brother, 2nd Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, who died in Aerial Combat on 14 July 1918 (WW1). This was done in 1955 and is the sole WW1 grave in this cemetery.

Another historical note can be made that TRJr and his father, President Theodore Roosevelt (TR), are one of two father&son MoH awardees (Arthur & Douglas MacArthur being the other pair). TR was (very) posthumously awarded the MoH for his actions at the Battle of San Juan Hill (1 July 1898 - Cuba - Spanish-American War) in 2001.