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Personal info

Full name
CONLEY, Patrick Thomas
Date of birth
14 April 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33709017
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 December 1944
Place of death
Strass, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 12 16

Immediate family

Members
Patrick J. Conley (father)
Stella (Woods) Conley (mother)
John Conley (brother)
Stella Conley (sister)
Gertrude Conley (sister)
Loretta Conley (sister)
Alice C. Conley (wife)
Patrick J. Conley (son)
Marian Conley (daughter)
Kathleen Conley (daughter)

More information

Pvt Patrick T. Conley enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 15 November 1943. He joined his unit from the 48th Replacement Battalion on 20 July 1944.

Six days later he was severely wounded and, after recovery, he rejoined his unit on 1 August 1944. For this wound he was awarded the Purple Heart a first time.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com , www.archives.gov - WII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census US / US Headstone and Interment Record / Conley Family Tree / Veteran Compensation Application File, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Pittsburgh Press Pittsburg, Pennsylvania