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Personal info

Full name
SLY, Warren B
Date of birth
30 June 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Mesopotamia, Trumbull County, Ohio
Hometown
Bloomfield, Trumbull County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35315136
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Telephone Switchboard Operator
Unit
HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 September 1944
Place of death
Blénod-lès-Pont-à-Mousson, France, on the east side of the river Moselle

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 14 103

Immediate family

Members
Sidney E. Sly (father)
Mary E. (Rosendale) Sly (mother)
Agnes E. Sly (sister)
Janes E. Sly (sister)
Cora M. Sly (sister)
Jesse J. Sly (brother)
Helen Sly (sister)
Ellen R. Sly (sister)
Harriet M. Sly (sister)
Bessie J. Sly (sister)
Dora B. Sly (sister)
Helen Sly (half-sister)
Bessie Sly (half-sister)

More information

Pfc Warren B. Sly attended 2 years of high school and was a metal worker. He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 20 July 1942.

During the night, the positions taken by the company, came under artillery fire. It can be assumed that Pfc Sly was killed during this attack.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com - Morning Report
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Brenda, Donald Sly II