PVT Edward John Langley

Courtesy of Lou Balot

PVT Edward John Langley was born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania on 25 Dec 1924. He was the only child of Edward Clifford and Olive A. (John) Langley. Edward's father was a carpenter for the local rail road earning as much as a reported $1150 in 1939 enabling him to buy a home in 623 5th Street in Oakmont, Pennsylvania which was valued at $2500 in 1940. This job security also made it possible for Edward to complete high school. 

Edward was drafted in April 1943. After completing his 5-months of basic military training he was sent to the European theater. PVT Langley was transferred from the replacement depot to K Company 116th Infantry on 14 Jul 1944. The unit was then engaged in the fight for the major road and railroad crossroads city of Saint-Lo, France. He was killed in action just 2-days later, on the 16th.

PVT Langley was repatriated and re-interred in the Oakmont-Verona Cemetery in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.