ISOB Log
Details:
In the center of a small cemetery. Isolated Burial
A standard upright US Military gravestone.
Sigbjorn A. Log was born on June 8, 1908 in Sokndal, Norway. He immigrated to the US in 1929 and worked as a brickyard worker in Brooklyn, New York.
He volunteered to serve in the US Army in 1942 and as a Norwegian speaker, was assigned to Company B of the 99th Infantry Battalion (Separate) (Norway). He arrived in England in 1943; landed in France in June 1944. He was KIA on 9 January 1945 on the border between Belgium and Germany during the "Battle of the Bulge". He was originally buried in Belgium and re-interred in his native Norway in 1949.
Monument Text:
SIGBJORN A
LOG
NEW YORK
PFC 99TH INFANTRY
WORLD WAR II
JUNE 7, 1908
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
99th Infantry Battalion (Separate) (Norwegian)
United States Army
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Battle of the Bulge
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