Name and Rank, Technician Fifth Grade Alan Huntley.
Unit/Placed in, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment (Radio Operator Comp. E), 10th Mountain Division.
Alan was born on 12July 1917 in Washington, District of Columbia.
Father, Theodore Alan Huntley.
Mother, Maude Clover (Ink) Huntley.
Sister, Martha Huntley.
Alan enlisted the service at Wyoming in with serial number # 37086650.
Alen Huntley was a Technician 5 Class, HQ 2nd Platoon (E-Comp.) in the 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment .
Alan Huntley was KIA (Artillery, Rocket, Mortar) in the attack on Hill 868 (Castel Fiorentino) on January 15 1945, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Alan was first buried/mentioned at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy.
Walls of the Missing.
His remains were found in 1949 and reburied at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.
Thanks to http://www.sulleormedeinostripadri.it/images/Traduzioni%20download/87thhistory.pdf
https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/70-years-ago-today-remembering-fallen-10th-mountain-division.
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POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
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Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
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2nd Battalion—Mt. Pigna COMPANY E Company E jumped off at 0700 leading the battalion to take Mt. Pigna to the northeast. Company F, on Hill 868, was to hold south of Pigna for a time and support this attack of Company E. T/5 ALAN HUNTLEY, a radio operator, was killed, and S/Sgt. GEORGE MARCH of the battalion S-2 section, was wounded by an artillery shell on top of Hill 868. The attached heavy machine guns from Company H prepared supporting fire from around Tabole. Two light machine guns were attached to the leading 3rd Platoon and one to the 1st Platoon which followed right behind them. The mortar squads were attached one to each platoon. As they moved north up the valley toward Santa Lucia, they ran into Company B southeast of the town. Company F held up while E started up Mt. Pigna from the southwest.
Castelfiorentino is a city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, central-northern Italy, halfway between Florence, Pisa and Siena. The population is approximately 20,000 inhabitants. It is part of Valdelsa. Wikipedia
Metropolitan city: Florence (FI)
Region: Tuscany
