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Personal info

Full name
PALEY, Ben
Date of birth
29 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Albany County, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
42125126
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 October 1944
Place of death
Ravelsberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 10 44

Immediate family

Members
Lillian P. (Feinbaum) Paley (sister)

More information

Pvt Ben Paley was a telephone operator before he enlisted at Camp Upton, Yaphank, New York on 27 March 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, 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, www.newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet