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Personal info

Full name
LONGLEY, Joseph Danniel
Date of birth
19 December 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Giddings, Lee County, Texas
Hometown
Giddings, Lee County, Texas

Military service

Service number
O-556401
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
242nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Near Strasbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 15 61

Immediate family

Members
John T. Longley (father)
Myrtle (Browder) Longley (mother)
John B. Longley (brother)
Carolyn Longley (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Joseph D. Longley attended college for one year before he joined the Regular Army in College Station, Texas, on 14 December 1942.

He is remembered at the Giddings Cemetery in Giddings, Lee County, Texas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pieratt Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – Jan Wukasch Pelosi
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – Leslie Connor Pieratt