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Personal info

Full name
RILEY, William Arthur
Date of birth
1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Johnstown, Fulton County, New York

Military service

Service number
33902653
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
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 5 32

Immediate family

Members
Mont Riley Father)
Mabel M. (Irish) Riley (mother)
Ronald Riley (brother)
Evelyn R. Riley (sister)
Lewis C. Riley (brother)

More information

Pvt William A. Riley was a factory worker before he enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 5 January 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. James, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Cynthia J. Hughes Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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