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Personal info

Full name
RILEY, Robert Joseph
Date of birth
26 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31184144
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Kintzheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 37 30

Immediate family

Members
Frederick J. Riley (father)
Catherine (Ellard) Riley (mother)
Catherine E. Riley (sister)
John W. Riley (brother)
Alice J. Riley (sister)
Richard J. Riley (brother)
Frederick J. Riley (brother)
Marilyn J. Riley (sister)
Mary J. Riley (sister)

More information

Pfc Robert J. Riley enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 1 October 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his buttock and hip.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Rowe Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Damaris Acevedo