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Personal info

Full name
DELANEY, Ollen E
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Howard County, Arkansas
Hometown
Saratoga, Howard County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
20740343
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Near Altwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 24 43

Immediate family

Members
Edward M. Delaney (father)
Ila E. (Collins) Delaney (mother)
Robert F. Delaney (brother)
Beatrice H. Delaney (sister)
Mary E. Delaney (sister)
Earnest J. Delaney (brother)
Robert C. Delaney (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Ollen E. Delaney attended high school for four years and worked on a farm when he joined the National Guard on 23 December 1940.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his leg.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Rodgers Family Tree / Treeclimber's Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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