Obituaries:  Pfc. Delbert Brandon, Sabine Parish       B-653
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Dec 12, 1952
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net


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The Sabine Index - Pfc. Delbert Brandon

  12 Dec 1952 - Pfc. Delbert Brandon was performing his duties
with Co. A, 32nd Infantry division, near Kumbra, Korea, on Oct.
17 when an enemy artillery round landed nearby, killing him
instantly. His body is now in Kokura, Japan.

  Pfc. Brandon entered service Oct. 29, 1951, and was stationed
at Fort Ord, Calif., until he was sent overseas for foreign
service in March of 1952.

  Pfc. Brandon was married to the Miss Barbara Dean Ferguson
June 3, 1951, at Houston, Texas, where Pfc. Brandon was employed
until he entered service.

  He is survived by is widow, Mrs. Barbara D. Brandon;
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Brandon, of Belmont; two brothers
Wayne and Lawrence, of Belmont, two sisters, Marcy Lea and Eutha,
of Houston, Texas; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Webb
Brandon, of Zwolle; maternal grandparents Mrs. Mae Armstrong, of
New Orleans and a number of aunts and uncles.