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Personal info

Full name
DE LONG, William
Date of birth
21 November 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York
Hometown
Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York

Military service

Service number
32867734
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
354th Infantry Regiment,
89th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sankt Goar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 7 32

Immediate family

Members
Konrad De Long (father)
Agnes T. (Gallagher) De Long (mother)
Konrad De Long (brother)
Margaret M. De Long (twin sister)

More information

Pvt William De Long attended Robert Fulton, Washington Junior High School, and A. B. Davis High School, from which he was graduated as an honor student in January 1941. He was employed by the Ward Leonard Electric Company.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 18 March 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.89infdivww2.org, www.newspapers.com - Mount Vernon Argus - 14 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael V Drachman, www.newspapers.com - Mount Vernon Argus - 14 April 1945