261025 S/Sgt. Ray Halliburton US Army K Co., 3rd Btn. 10th Infantry Regiment from:Luling, Texas Ray Halliburton was drafted into the US Army in 1944 and went to basic training at Camp Walters, in Mineral Wells, Texas. He was a corporal when he went ashore in France in July 1944, one month after D-Day. He was a member of K Company, 3rd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry (Red Diamond) Division, in Gen. George Patton's Third Army.
He fought three months of fierce combat across 500 miles and had risen to staff sergeant and squad leader. He was 20 years old. He was captured on 5th of December 1944, just outside Saarbrucken, Germany, when his unit advanced ahead of the others. In April 1945, the Soviet Army liberated him from Stalag 3A in Luckenwalde, Germany.
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