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Personal info

Full name
LONG, Lewie B
Date of birth
2 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Allen County, Kentucky
Hometown
Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35699668
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 19 12

Immediate family

Members
Jasper T. Long (father)
Nancy A. (Taylor) Long (mother)
Jasper O. Long (brother)
Grover C. Long (brother)
Annie K. Long (sister)
Frank Long (brother)
Louise Long (brother)
Williard D. Long (brother)
Dora F. Long (sister)

More information

Pvt Lewie B. Long enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 24 March 1943.

He died in a German field hospital.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees

Photo source: Jim Jacobus