Private 1st Class U.S. Army, {RA36435680}, World War II-Pfc. Deakin was killed in action by small arms fire 9-26-1944 while serving as an Infantryman with the 337th Infantry Regiment of the 85th Infantry Division near the area of Mt. La Fine, Italy.
This Division landed in Italy on March 15, 1944, and moved onto the line west of Minturno, Italy.
Pfc. Deakin is the son Mr. Roy & Mrs. Nellie Bly {Churchill} Deakin of Cuba, Illinois. and is a 1938 graduate of Cuba H.S., and he enlisted with the Army in Peoria, Illinois on November 10, 1942.
Pfc. Deakin leaves one Grandmother, Mrs. Alice Deakin of Cuba, Illinois, one sister, Mrs. Gladys Sartoris of Phoenix, Arizona, one brother, Mr. Donald Deakin of Cuba.
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, European Campaign Medal with Two Battle Stars, Army Good Conduct Medal, WWII Victory Medal.
This Division landed in Italy on March 15, 1944, and moved onto the line west of Minturno, Italy.
Pfc. Deakin is the son Mr. Roy & Mrs. Nellie Bly {Churchill} Deakin of Cuba, Illinois. and is a 1938 graduate of Cuba H.S., and he enlisted with the Army in Peoria, Illinois on November 10, 1942.
Pfc. Deakin leaves one Grandmother, Mrs. Alice Deakin of Cuba, Illinois, one sister, Mrs. Gladys Sartoris of Phoenix, Arizona, one brother, Mr. Donald Deakin of Cuba.
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, European Campaign Medal with Two Battle Stars, Army Good Conduct Medal, WWII Victory Medal.
Private 1st Class U.S. Army, {RA36435680}, World War II-Pfc. Deakin was killed in action by small arms fire 9-26-1944 while serving as an Infantryman with the 337th Infantry Regiment of the 85th Infantry Division near the area of Mt. La Fine, Italy.
This Division landed in Italy on March 15, 1944, and moved onto the line west of Minturno, Italy.
Pfc. Deakin is the son Mr. Roy & Mrs. Nellie Bly {Churchill} Deakin of Cuba, Illinois. and is a 1938 graduate of Cuba H.S., and he enlisted with the Army in Peoria, Illinois on November 10, 1942.
Pfc. Deakin leaves one Grandmother, Mrs. Alice Deakin of Cuba, Illinois, one sister, Mrs. Gladys Sartoris of Phoenix, Arizona, one brother, Mr. Donald Deakin of Cuba.
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, European Campaign Medal with Two Battle Stars, Army Good Conduct Medal, WWII Victory Medal.
This Division landed in Italy on March 15, 1944, and moved onto the line west of Minturno, Italy.
Pfc. Deakin is the son Mr. Roy & Mrs. Nellie Bly {Churchill} Deakin of Cuba, Illinois. and is a 1938 graduate of Cuba H.S., and he enlisted with the Army in Peoria, Illinois on November 10, 1942.
Pfc. Deakin leaves one Grandmother, Mrs. Alice Deakin of Cuba, Illinois, one sister, Mrs. Gladys Sartoris of Phoenix, Arizona, one brother, Mr. Donald Deakin of Cuba.
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, European Campaign Medal with Two Battle Stars, Army Good Conduct Medal, WWII Victory Medal.
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