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DELANEY, George Frederick - Date of
birth
6 February 1921 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
13175499 -
Rank
Private -
Function
Automatic Rifleman -
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
20 October 1944 - Place of
death
Emberménil, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Lewis E. Delaney (father)
Margaret (Griswold) Delaney (mother)
Margaret L. Delaney (sister)
William W. Delaney (brother)
Edwin G. Delaney (brother)
More information
Pvt George F. Delaney graduated from Sayre High School and from Swarthmore College before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 1 March 1943. He was assigned to the medical corps and received basic training at Camp Pickett, Virginia. He was later scheduled for entering an engineering college in the ASTP program, when this program was cancelled, just a few days before he was to enter. He then qualified as an aviation cadet and in December 1943 was sent to flight training. This training was also cancelled because of a shortage of infantry personnel.He was sent overseas in September 1944.
He is remembered at the Tioga Point Cemetery in Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
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 / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application File WWII / Delaney Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Times - 8 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M / LDR, www.ancestry.com - Bob Jan Delaney, www.newspapers.com - The Sayre Evening Times