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Personal info

Full name
LONG, Fred O
Date of birth
8 August 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa
Hometown
Washington County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
37442043
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
Near Eschdorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 7 3

Immediate family

Members
Lorenzo Long (father)
Vinnie Long (mother)
Bernice Long (sister)

More information

Pfc Fred O. Long was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

He also went by the name James Fredrick McLoud. His grandfather, a Civil War Vet, also used an alias.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Iowa Armed Forces Grave Registrations, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Walnut Genealogy Society