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Personal info

Full name
RILEY, Wayne
Date of birth
3 May 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
Hometown
Pottawatomie County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37732035
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
unknown
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 41 50

Immediate family

Members
Elgin E. Riley (father)
Nancy Riley (mother)
Henry J. Riley (brother)
Esther Riley (sister)
Ralph C. Riley (brother)
Pierce N. Riley (brother)
Nellie D. Riley (sister)
Mary E. Riley (sister)
Margaret L. Riley (sister)
Clyde B. Riley (brother)
Louise A. (Surdez) Riley (wife)
Jaqueline Riley (daughter)
Nancy Riley (daughter)

More information

Pfc Wayne Riley was a gas station operator.

He enlisted as Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 28 January 1944. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was reported wounded in action on 2 December 1944 at Mulhouse, France and rejoined his unit in February 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, WWII Draft Card, 1920/1930 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com