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Personal info

Full name
ASHLEY, Peter
Date of birth
28 November 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Glens Falls, Warren County, New York
Hometown
Glens Falls, Warren County, New York

Military service

Service number
32943096
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 September 1944
Place of death
Near Epinal, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 20 29

Immediate family

Members
Dominic C. Ashley (father)
Katherine R. Ashley (mother)
Eugene Ashley (brother)
Margaret R. Ashley (sister)

More information

Pfc Peter Ashley graduated from Glen Falls High School in June 1943

He enlisted in Albany, New York on 12 August 1943 and was sent overseas in February 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Romeyn Prescott Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - Alan Rowlson