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Personal info

Full name
ALLEY, Willis D
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
North Carolina
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
6947333
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Filain, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 31 13

Immediate family

Members
Daniel Alley (father)
Hazel Alley (mother)
Daniel Alley (brother)
Virginia Alley (sister)

More information

Pfc Willis D. Alley attended college for two years before he joined the Regular Army for the Panama Department on 5 April 1939.

He was killed by small arms fire in the neck.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy