He died a month later of a heart attack. He
is buried alongside his brother, Quentin, a
pilot killed in World War I. He is one of 45
sets of brothers buried or commemorated
in the cemetery, and one of the 33 pairs bur-
ied alongside each other.
Guillaume points out a worn spot in the
grass in front of two graves, those of Pres-
ton and Robert Niland, whose deaths in-
spired the film Saving Private Ryan, and
whose graves, as such, now resonate with
visitors. Three Niland brothers--Preston,
Robert and Francis–took part in the D-Day
invasion in different parachute or infantry
regiments. Their brother Edward was serv-
ing in the Pacific.
Robert was killed on D-Day at Sainte-Mere-
Eglise and Preston the following day near
Utah Beach. Edward was soon thereafter re-
ported missing in action, and it was decided
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