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Personal info

Full name
RILEY, Charles Alister
Date of birth
15 May 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Newark, Licking County, Ohio
Hometown
Newark, Licking County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35237728
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Holzwihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 31 37

Immediate family

Members
James A. Riley (father)
Anna R. (Allister) Riley (mother)
James D. Riley (brother)
John W. Riley (brother)
Mary A. Riley (sister)
Catherine J. Riley (sister)
Mildred E. Riley (sister)
Nellie A. (Pettibone) Riley (wife)
Charles Riley (son)

More information

Pvt Charles A. Riley was a packer employed by the Owens Corning Glass Co.

He enlisted in Newark, Ohio on 19 July 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy