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Personal info

Full name
LONGENBERGER, Curtis R
Date of birth
2 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Kulpmont, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13094872
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
325th Glider Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 2 11

Immediate family

Members
Marvin Longenberger (father)
Alma T. Longenberger (mother)

More information

Pfc Curtis R. Longenberger graduated from Mount Cornel High School where he was an honor student and a member of the track team. He was employed at the Middletown Air Depot and the Glenn Martin airplane manufacturer.

He enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 14 November 1942 and first saw action in Italy and participated in the D-Day landings.

Pfc Longenberger was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, the Netherlands.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - Mount Carmel Item, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Mount Carmel High School Yearbook 1941