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Personal info

Full name
SALISBURY, Delbert Junior
Date of birth
5 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio
Hometown
East Springfield, Jefferson County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35602249
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 9 23

Immediate family

Members
Delbert S. Salisbury (father)
Stella J. (Huscroft) Salisbury (mother)
Ernest Salisbury (brother)
Ethel R. Salisbury (sister)
Fay Salisbury (sister)
Mary E. Salisbury (sister)

More information

Sgt Delbert J. Salisburry attended high school for four years and was a driver before he enlisted in Akron, Ohio on 9 February 1943.
He is remembered at the East Springfield Cemetery in East Springfield, Jefferson County, Ohio.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Sheltowee Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – Cindy S
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Skiwee