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Personal info

Full name
YARDLEY, Delbert Troy
Date of birth
7 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Boynton, Sullivan County, Missouri
Hometown
Fairfield, Jefferson County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37418132
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 September 1944
Place of death
Near Ambacourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 24 22

Immediate family

Members
James B. Yardley (father)
Stella F. (Frazier) Yardley (mother)
Helen M. Yardley (sister)
Phoebe C. Yardley (sister)
Francis A. Yardley (sister)
James W. Yardley (brother)
Phyllis J. Yardley (sister)
Donald G. Yardley (brother)
Sarah A. (Roberts) Yardley (wife)

More information

T/Sgt Delbert T. Yardley attended high school for one year and was employed at the Dexter Company before he enlisted at Fort Des Moines, Iowa on 10 June 1942.

He killed by enemy machinegun fire.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Iowa WWII Bonus Case Files / Steele Ramsey Taylor Grandstaff Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Dale Steele

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Dale Steele