2LT
Burton DeLoney
Aged 30, fallen January 9, 1945
- Unit
- Company D, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- O-548517
- Hometown
- Albany, Wyoming
- Date of death
- January 9, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Evanston City Cemetery, Plot 2-00-110-06, Evanston, Wyoming
Second Lieutenant Burton DeLoney, serial number O-548517, of Albany, Wyoming, served with Company D of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 9, 1945, at the age of 30. He is buried at Evanston City Cemetery, Plot 2-00-110-06, Evanston, Wyoming.
Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.
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