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Date of Passing Aug 02, 1972
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T/3 GUY L. BALASSONE SON OF JOSEPH BALASSONE AND ANNA LA CIRITA WAS BORN IN ALBERT, TUCKER COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA AND WAS EMPLOYED AS A LOCOMOTIVE FIREMAN PRIOR TO ENTERING THE U.S. ARMY ON 17 MARCH 1942. T/3 BALASSONE SERVED IN THE PACIFIC WITH BATTERY C, 22ND ANTI-AIRCRAFT SEARCH LIGHT BATTALION FROM 16 OCTOBER 1944 TO 25 DECEMBER 1945. GUY BALASSONE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY ON 10 JANUARY 1946. GUY PASSED AWAY ON 2 AUGUST 1972 IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK. THERE WERE THREE BALASONE BROTHERS T/3 ANTHONY THOMAS AND SERGEANT JOHN J. BALASSONE.
Description (Luzon Campaign 15 December 1944 to 4 July 1945) After Leyte came Mindoro, which was invaded on 15 December 1944, an air strip being obtained to provide a base for operations during the invasion on Luzon. American troops landed on the shores of Lingayen Gulf on g January 1945 and pushed to Manila, which the Japanese defended vigorously until 24 February. Rather than meet the Americans in a decisive battle, the Japanese decided to fight delaying actions in numerous places. Organized resistance ended in southern Luzon in April and in central and northern Luzon in June.