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Personal info

Full name
KELLEY, Christopher Edwin
Date of birth
5 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
7071242
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 March 1945
Place of death
Near Mainz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 6 76

Immediate family

Members
Edward D. Kelley (father)
Delia V. (Toolin) Kelley (mother)
Helen V. Kelley (sister)

More information

T/5 Christopher E. Kelley joined the Regular Army in June 1940 and was sent overseas in February 1943.

Three months after he was transferred from an ordnance unit to an infantry unit of the 90th Division, he was killed by a sniper.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cuttle Family Tree, http://www.90thdivisionassociation.org, www.newspapers.com – Daily News New York 28 May 1945, Massachusetts Birth Index
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com – Daily News New York 28 May 1945