2LT
Joseph D Longley
Aged 21, fallen January 6, 1945
- Unit
- Company F, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- O-556401
- Hometown
- Lee, Texas
- Date of death
- January 6, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 15 Grave 61, Epinal, France
Second Lieutenant Joseph D Longley, serial number O-556401, of Lee, Texas, served with Company F of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 6, 1945, at the age of 21. He is buried at Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 15 Grave 61, Epinal, France.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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