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Willie B. Alley

  • ASN:
    34725030
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    Mar 14, 1924
  • DATE OF DEATH
    Jul 3, 1976
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FULL NAME:

Willie B. Alley

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

34725030

  • DATE OF BIRTH: Mar 14, 1924
  • DATE OF DEATH: Jul 3, 1976
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Hawkins County, Tennessee

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Mar 5, 1943
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    23rd Infantry Regiment
  • SUBUNIT:
    Company A, 1st Battalion
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Private First Class (Pfc.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    Rifleman
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944), ✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944), ✭ Ardennes-Alsace Campaign (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945), ✭ Rhineland Campaign (15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945), ✭ Central Europe Campaign (22 March – 11 May 1945)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):

🎖Good Conduct Medal, 🎖American Campaign Medal, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖WWII Victory Medal, 🎖Distinguished Unit Citation, 🎖Honorable Service Lapel Button, 🎖Purple Heart Medal With Three Oak Leaf Clusters

SUMMARY OF HIS SERVICE:

Fort Oglethorpe - Fort Sam Houston - Camp McCoy - Armagh, Northern Ireland to Pilsen, Czechoslovakia

GALLERY:
STATUS:
  • CATEGORY:
    Wounded In Action (WIA)
  • DATE:
    Three times wounded in action: June, August, September 1944
  • LOCATION:
    Vierville-sur-Mer, Hill 192, Brest
FIND A GRAVE (LINK):
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147965785/willie-burke-alley
HONORED BY:

Thomas Alley

NARA - Display Full Records

File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

Brief Scope: This series contains records of approximately nine million men and women who enlisted in the United States Army, including the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.

Source: aad.archives.gov/aad/
SOLDIER RECORD:
Full Name
Willie B Alley
Army Serial Number
34725030
Enlistment Place
Ft Oglethorpe Georgia
Enlistment Date
5 Mar 1943
Army Branch
No branch assignment
Service Branch
Army
Race or Ethnicity
White
Residence
Hawkins County, Tennessee
Enlistment Term
Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Source of Army Personnel
Civil Life
Army Component
Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Level of Education
Grammar school
Occupation
Farm hands, general farms
Birth Date
1924
Birth Place
Tennessee
Source Box Number
0840
Source Film Reel Number
3.262
Conflict Period
World War II
Served for
United States of America

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THE STORY IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS SOLDIER
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