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RILEY, Paul Frances - Date of
birth
25 December 1913 -
Age
30 - Place of
birth
Ohio -
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35927508 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
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Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
18 November 1944 - Place of
death
Pont du Sauvage
Longeville-lès-Metz, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 25 | 36 |
Immediate family
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Members
Thomas A. Riley (father)
Eva K. (Imber) Riley (mother)
Thomas A. Riley (brother)
Charles A. Riley (brother)
Richard J. Riley (brother)
Joan Riley (wife)
Thomas Riley (son)
More information
Pvt Paul F. Riley graduated from East High School and was employed at Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 27 January 1944.
On the order of General Kittel, on the morning of 18 November 1944, the Pont du Sauvage was blown up at the moment men of I Company began to cross it. Fifteen men were killed.
For his action that day, Pvt Riley was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously.
Together with the other killed members of his unit, he is remembered on a plaque at the bridge.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Riley Kasten Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: https://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=1167&MemID=1526