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Personal info

Full name
KELLEY, David Patrick Jr
Date of birth
30 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36884950
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Olzheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 16 74

Immediate family

Members
David P. Kelley (father)
Grace G. Kelley (mother)
Grace M. Kelley (sister)
Mary E. Kelley (sister)
Loretta E. Kelley (sister)
Robert J. Kelley (brother)
Rosemary T. Kelley (sister)
Suzanne (Ettinger) Kelley (wife)

More information

Pfc David P. Kelley Jr. attended Catholic Central High School and was a salesman for the Kelley Sausage Co. before he enlisted in october 1943. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

One of his brothers also served.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, Kathy McDermott, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Michigan Marriage Records

Photo source: Stephane Dodemont, The Detroit Evening Times - 5 April 1945