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Personal info

Full name
BRINLEY, Wallis Montgomery
Date of birth
25 May 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
West New Brighton, Richmond County, New York
Hometown
West New Brighton, Richmond County, New York

Military service

Service number
32645727
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
Château-Salins, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 24 19

Immediate family

Members
William H. Brinley (father)
Ethel M. (Steger) Brinley (mother)
William E. Brinley (brother)
Ruth E. (Taylor) Brinley (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Wallis M. Brinley attended college for four years and was employed at the Schenley Distillers Company before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 27 November 1942.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – William E. Brinley, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Grigg Steger Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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