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1LT Sweat & CPL Deluga Memorial - 28th Infantry Division Memorial

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Details:

The plaque is immediately East of Welzerstrooss road; there is a wall of shrubbery, which the actual plaques are on.  It is approximately 150 meters north of the intersection of N325 and N324 on the west cliff wall.

Monument
This memorial has three separate components. The centerpiece is the dedication to the deaths of 1st Lieutenant Jesse P. Sweat and Corporal Leonard A. Deluga. The two were killed in action as they drove their Jeep into a German ambush on September 10, 1944. Their actions are described on the plaque in both English and Luxembourgish. The plaque itself is metal and is mounted against a backdrop of shrubbery. It was dedicated in 1986. Two field stones painted with military insignias of the 28th Infantry Division flank the plaque. Both Sweat and Deluga were members of 109th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division.

Monument Text:

 DEDICATED TO

1 LT. JESSE P. SWEAT
+
CPL. LEONARD A. DELUGA

KILLED IN ACTION 
ON THIS SPOT FOR THE
LIBERTY OF LUXEMBOURG
ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1944
THE GRATEFUL PEOPLE OF 
KNAPHOUSCHENT, SELSCHENT 
 1988

Commemorates:

People:

Leonard A. Deluga

Jesse P.  Sweat

Units:

109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division

28th Infantry Division

United States Army

Wars:

WWII

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