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Personal info

Full name
MARLTON, Delbert John
Date of birth
5 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Manvel, Grand Forks County, North Dakota
Hometown
Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36295836
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Lendford Marlton (father)
Ada E. (Barstaad) Marlton (mother)

More information

T/Sgt Delbert J. Marlton attended high school for two years and was employed at the Reiss Coal Company before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 8 January 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Ramsay Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Blazen36
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - R & S / Pete M