Private First Class George W. Newborn was Killed In Action on July 12, 1944 in France. His wife received the government telegram on Monday morning, August 1st. His last letter home informed his wife he was in France and was dated July 6th, just 6 days before he was killed. George is interred at the
Normandy American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer. He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Credits
Research by Don Wambold, WCMSC