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Personal info

Full name
WHITLEY, Richard J
Date of birth
20 November 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Kansas
Hometown
Grant County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
6933376
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bleialf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 2 2

Immediate family

Members
Roy Whitley (father)
Goldie M. (Shaffer) Whitley (mother)
Leroy R. Whitley (brother)
Osborne Whitley (brother)
Madeline W. Whitley (sister)
Norma J. Whitley (sister)
Mary A. Whitley (sister)
Spencer W. Whitley (brother)
Mary L. (Sortman) Whitley (wife)

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees

Photo source: Danny van der Groen