Milburn L. Long

 

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Milburn L. Long

Westview Cem., Monroe Co., Tn

 

Lt. Long's Body to Be Returned

SWEETWATER, June 15-- The body of First Lt. Milburn L. Long, bombardier in the Army Air Corps, who was killed in a plane crash at Dakar, North Africa, Jan. 30, 1944, is expected to arrive here tomorrow.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today.

The American Legion, McMinn Post No. 68, and firing squad of the National Guard Unit at Sweetwater, will have charge of full military honors at the grave in West View Cemetery.  His former classmates who are members of the American Legion will serve as active pallbearers.

He was 29 years of age at time of his death.  He attended high school in Sweetwater and Athens, Tennessee Wesleyan College, Athens, and N.C. State University, where he was a star football player.  He served with the Athens Fire Department, under Chief Ross Bridges while in school at TWC.

Lieutenant Long entered the Air Force in Sep. 1941, and was sent to the Aleutian Islands in May, 1842.  He was with the 606th Bomber group of the Ninth Air force in the Aleutians for 18 months.

It was at his own request that he was transferred to another theater of operations along with several of his friends, among whom was Gen. Tom W. Steed of Etowah, then a colonel and Lieutenant Long's commanding officer.  Steed, who is now a two-star general stationed at Boston, Mass., will fly to Sweetwater for the funeral services.

Lieutenant Long received the DFC for patrol duty and other medals.  He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Long, Sweetwater, and four brothers, Glenn, Baltimore, Md.; Wayne, Niota; William, Sweetwater, and Hurdle, Athens.

The Knoxville Journal, Wed., Jun 16, 1948

 

BRANCH OF SERVICE

U.S. Army Air Forces

HOMETOWN

Sweetwater, TN

HONORED BY

Betty Long Hunt, Niece

 ACTIVITY DURING WWII

SERVED AS A BOMBARDIER WITH THE 406TH AND THE 606TH BOMBER GROUP, 9TH AIR FORCE. KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH IN DAKAR, SENEGAL, NORTH AFRICA, JANUARY 30, 1944. RECEIVED PURPLE HEART AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.

                      

 

Researcher and Designer

Joy Locke & Joe Irons