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Personal info

Full name
CONLEY, Jesse Winfield
Date of birth
16 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Baltimore, Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33564135
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 22 67

Immediate family

Members
Walter S. Conley (father)
Binnie T. (Brown) Cavey (mother)
Robert J. Cavey (stepbrother)
William H. Conley (brother)
Cecilia E. Cavey (stepsister)
Ida M. Cavey (stepsister)
Ruth M. Cavey (stepsister)
Theresa M. Conley (wife)

More information

Pfc. Jesse W. Conley enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 15 March 1943.

He was a storekeeper before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the U.S. Temporary Cemetery St. James, St. James, France.

At the time of his death the 10th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the second battle for the Fort Driant, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949, www.findagrave.com – Marc Burba, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Mike Burba