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Personal info

Full name
CONLEY, Sidney
Date of birth
12 October 1916
Age
27
Place of birth
Kentucky
Hometown
Stillwell, Adair County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
06285703
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Best, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 5 29

Immediate family

Members
Robert Conley (father)
Sarah (Patrick) Conley (mother)
William Conley (brother)
Albert Conley (brother)
Ollie Conley (sister)
Mable L. Conley (sister)
Beulah M. Conley (sister)
Fred Conley (brother)

More information

Pfc Sidney Conley entered the service from Adair, Oklahoma on 6 November 1940.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Son, the Netherlands.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/502/502_honor_cd.html, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / WWII Army Enlistment Record / Headstone and Interment Record, IDPF

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Natasja Cats via nephew