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Personal info

Full name
FOLEY, Ambrose Joseph
Date of birth
18 June 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38193766
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 August 1944
Place of death
Near Soissons, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 12 22

Immediate family

Members
Michael J. Foley Jr. (father)
Anna L. (Comes) Foley (mother)
Michael C. Foley (brother)
Ignatius L. Foley (brother)
John Foley (brother)
Raphael Foley (brother)

More information

Pfc Ambrose J. Foley enlisted in New Orleans, Louisiana on 9 July 1942.

He attended high school for 1 year before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Dey Farnet Saunhacdu Fossat / 1930 Census / New Orleans Louisiana Birth Records Index
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy