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Personal info

Full name
KELLY, Martin Joseph
Date of birth
14 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
Hometown
Washington County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
10601812
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
397th Infantry Regiment,
100th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
Near Rothbach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 28 2

Immediate family

Members
Martin F. Kelly (father)
Eileen Kelly (mother)
John F. Kelly (brother)
Mortimer Leo Kelly (brother)

More information

Pvt Martin J. Kelly volunteered for the Army of the United States on 4 January 1944.

Pvt Kelly is also remembered at the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island. Plot Section M.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Anna Kelly, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com - Gerblady, http://www.100thww2.org/honrol/397kia.html, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Gerblady