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name
YELLEY, Richard G - Date of
birth
1923 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Kansas -
Hometown
Butler County, Kansas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
17135459 -
Rank
Private -
Function
Rifleman -
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
8 December 1944 - Place of
death
Near Ensdorf, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
More information
Pvt Richard G. Yelley joined the Regular Army in Emporia, Kansas on 14 November 1942.He was killed in a boat while crossing the Saar river for the attack on Ensdorf, Germany. An artillery shell landed in the boat killing all the occupants.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman