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Personal info

Full name
RILEY, Charles Woodrow
Date of birth
15 October 1913
Age
32
Place of birth
Beallsville, Monroe, County, Ohio
Hometown
Belmont County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35219430
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
5 December 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Edgar Riley (father)
Louise (Freudiger) Riley (mother)
Lottie Riley (stepmother)
Glen V. Riley (brother)
Mabel E. Riley (sister)
Wanda Riley (sister)
Charles Leisure (stepbrother)
Kathleen Riley (half-sister)
Alfred Riley (half-brother)
Maxine L. Riley (half-sister)
Edna M. Riley (half-sister)

More information

Pfc Charles W. Riley enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 10 May 1943.

Pfc Riley was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, Robert Sterling Rush's book: "Hell In Hürtgen Forest''

Photo source: Danny van der Groen, Riley Family / Sheree Dowdle