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Grave marker for Julian D. Torbett and spouse in Plot 20B,
Site 574 of the Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside (Riverside county),
California. Julian was transferred to Service
Company, 508th Hq 82d Airborne Division on 29 September 1944. He was
then moved to Company I.
Pvt Torbett was wounded in action on 29 January 1945 and
evacuated to a field hospital/. On 1 May 1945 he was removed from the 508th
rolls and transferred to the hospital's detachment of patients. He did
not return to the regiment.
Although it is not known what unit he was with at the
time, he received the Combat Infantryman Badge for action during the
Normandy, France Campaign. His other military decorations include the
Purple Heart. |
