Name:
George M. Kelly
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
32871728
Unit:
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
Date of Death:
1944-09-24
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery, Netherlands
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Comments:
George M. Kelly was born in 1925 in New York. He served in the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division as a Private during World War II. PVT Kelly died and was declared Missing in Action on September 24, 1944. His name is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands. He was one of the brave American paratroopers of the 501st Inf who liberated the village of Eerde, The Netherlands from German forces in September 1944.