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Personal info

Full name
RISLEY, Birten
Date of birth
13 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Peel, Marion County, Arkansas
Hometown
Peel, Marion County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38293904
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Koecking Woods, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 33 31

Immediate family

Members
Gideon S. Risley (father)
Rosa B. (Wiggins) Risley (mother)
Willis S. Risley (brother)
Myrtle Risley (sister)
Maudie R. Risley (sister)
Josie Risley (sister)
Sarah J. Risley (sister)
Jimmie Risley (brother)
Ora B. (Smith) Risley (wife)

More information

Pvt Birten Risley was a lumberman before he enlisted in Little Rock, Arkansas on 20 October 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his leg.

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 / Arkansas Marriage Certificates / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com
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