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Personal info

Full name
NEWTON, Arlington Gordon
Date of birth
27 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Blackwood, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Locust Gap, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33234031
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
304th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 5 1

Immediate family

Members
David Newton (father)
Annie J. (Bradford) Newton (mother)
Leroy C. Newton (brother)
Iola M. Newton (sister)
Marshall D. Newton (brother)
Cleopas M. Newton (brother)
Miles R. Newton (brother)
Myrle C. (Wagner) Newton (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Arlington G. Newton enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 20 June 1942. He first trained at Camp Meade, Maryland and later at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, where he also served for a time as an instructor.

He was married to Myrle C. Wagner on 17 December 1943 in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947, http://76thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - Mount Carmel Item Mount Carmel - 30 June 1945