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Personal info

Full name
KIRLEY, Bernard Joseph
Date of birth
6 July 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Mount Oliver, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33776050
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
Near Albestorff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 16 19

Immediate family

Members
Bernard J. Kirley Sr. (father)
Loretta M. (Casserly) Kirley (mother)
Marie R. Kirley (sister)
Joseph B. Kirley (twin-brother)
Loretta E. Kirley (sister)
Agnes C. Kirley (sister)
Mary L. (Goodwin) Kirley (wife)
Bernard J. Kirley III (son)

More information

Pfc Bernard J. Kirley was employed at the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 20 March 1944. He was sent overseas on 1 September 1944.

He was killed by shell fragments in his chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph 20 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laura S, www.newspapers.com - Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph 20 December 1944