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Personal info

Full name
HANDLEY, Peter James
Date of birth
31 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
17145050
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 16 12

More information

Pfc Peter J. Handley enlisted in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 15 December 1942.

He was killed in infantry action in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men
http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/89/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet