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Personal info

Full name
LONG, Arthur T
Date of birth
21 December 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon
Hometown
Rosburg, Wahkiakum County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39203804
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
407th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Ederen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 17 7

Immediate family

Members
Max Long (father)
Elina M. (Wirkkala) Long (mother)
Edward Long (brother)
George E. Long (brother)

More information

Pvt Arthur T. Long graduated from Naselle High School as an honor student, and he was outstanding in football, basketball and track. He attended the University of Washington until he enlisted in Seattle, Washington on 12 March 1943. He was in the army engineer training school at Purdue University for several months.

His parents immigrated from Finland in the early years of the 20th century.

Source of information: André Koch, Jo Smeets, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, www.fallennotforgotten.nl

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Hans Wijnands