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Personal info

Full name
REILLY, Emmett Joseph
Date of birth
13 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Eden, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
16007503
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 17 68

Immediate family

Members
William J. Reilly (father)
Katherine A. (Baumhardt) Reilly (mother)
Lawrence J. Reilly (brother)
Leo F. Reilly (brother)
Mary C. Reilly (sister)
George B. Reilly (brother)
Helen C. Reilly (sister)
John W. Reilly (brother)
Lillian B. Reilly (sister)
Donald E. Reilly (brother)
Coletta D. Reilly (sister)
Thomas R. Reilly (brother)
William J. Reilly (brother)
Ambrose L. Reilly (brother)
Michael K. Reilly (brother)
Jean Reilly (sister)
James Reilly (brother)

More information

Sgt Emmett J. Reilly was a truck driver before he joined the Regular Army in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 26 October 1940.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / Connor Reilly Family Tree / U.S. Chicago and North Western Railroad Employment Records, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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