Name:
Gordon Elbert Looney
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
387663
Unit:
22nd Marine Regiment, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade
Date of Death:
1944-07-25
State:
Alabama
Cemetery:
Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Upshaw, Winston County, Alabama, USA
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Gordon Elbert Looney was born in 1925, in Alabama. He was the son of George Washington Looney and Flora Estelle Stephens Looney.
He served in Company I, 3rd Battalion, 22nd Marine Regiment, 1st Provisional Marine Brigade as a Private First Class during World War II. He died from his wounds received in battle on July 25, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.