Ted Burnon Long was born on June 15, 1924 in Featherston, Oklahoma. He was the son of Bert B. Long and Anna Flora Owen, and a husband to Runie Frank Becton Stewart. Ted joined the Army, 144th Infantry Regiment, 36 Division in 1940. Later, after Christmas of 1944, Ted was taken from a replacement pool at a small village, Biringen, Germany. He had joined the 359th Regiment, Company L, 3rd Batallion, 90th Division, 3rd Army. His Company hit the front lines on 9 January 1945 at a small village, Nothum, Luxembourg.

Ted's company started their attack at 10:00 AM in Nothum. At 10:30, Ted and a buddy of his, John Marsteen of Mankota, Minnesota, were both shot in their legs. In July, 1946, John Marsteen wrote Ted's mother, Anna, and explained to her what happened to her son Ted. John wrote that that on that cold morning, they were attacking thru knee deep snow and the visibility was low due to fog. They were both shot in their legs and lay wounded from 10:30 AM till about 4:30 PM. German soldiers came along, bandaged their wounds and carried them to a dugout in the woods just ahead. The Germans gave them coffee and bread and exchanged stories about their families. The next morning John learned Ted had died in his sleep. John took Ted's billfold, watch, ring and other personal effects and turned them into the 915th Field Artillery Aide station with the hope that the belongings would be returned to his mother. Unfortunately, the personal effects never made it to her, nor was Ted's mother informed of Ted's death.

Ted was buried in a military cemetery near Foy, Belgium. Later, the American soldiers were interned at the Luxembourg - Hamm Cemetery. After the war, families of soldiers were given the opportunity to have their fallen soldier returned to the states or left buried in the military cemeteries overseas. Ted's mother requested to have her son be buried at the Malakoff Cemetery in Henderson County, Texas where Ted now rests.

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