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CPL William Albert Staley

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CPL William Albert Staley

Birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
26 Jul 1944 (aged 21)
Burial
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Serial No. #13170733

NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Allegheny County, Pennsylvania...Died Non-Battle.

THE PITTSBURGH PRESS, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1948, PAGE NINETEEN (internet edition)

CORP. W.A. STALEY
Requiem high mass will be sung for Corp. William A. Staley of 4033 Brandon Rd., North Side, at 9:30 a.m., tomorrow in St. Cyril's Church.

Corp. Staley was killed in a plane crash July 26, 1944, on Florida Island, in the South Pacific.

Born on the North Side, he was a graduate of St. Francis Xavier and Oliver High schools.

He was employed by the Western Electric Co. before entering service.

Surviving are his parents, William J. And Marie Driscoll Staley; two sisters, Mrs. Fern Wessel and Mrs. Kitty Olson, and his grandmother, Mrs. Catherine Driscoll Walsh.

Riverview Post 681, American Legion, will conduct services at the O'Brien Funeral Home, 3734 California Ave., at 7:30 tonight.

Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Mt. Troy.

***Many thanks to Rob and Debi Felten Find A Grave ID46883097 for posting their photo to this memorial***
Serial No. #13170733

NARA War Department records list this soldiers Home of Record as Allegheny County, Pennsylvania...Died Non-Battle.

THE PITTSBURGH PRESS, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1948, PAGE NINETEEN (internet edition)

CORP. W.A. STALEY
Requiem high mass will be sung for Corp. William A. Staley of 4033 Brandon Rd., North Side, at 9:30 a.m., tomorrow in St. Cyril's Church.

Corp. Staley was killed in a plane crash July 26, 1944, on Florida Island, in the South Pacific.

Born on the North Side, he was a graduate of St. Francis Xavier and Oliver High schools.

He was employed by the Western Electric Co. before entering service.

Surviving are his parents, William J. And Marie Driscoll Staley; two sisters, Mrs. Fern Wessel and Mrs. Kitty Olson, and his grandmother, Mrs. Catherine Driscoll Walsh.

Riverview Post 681, American Legion, will conduct services at the O'Brien Funeral Home, 3734 California Ave., at 7:30 tonight.

Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Mt. Troy.

***Many thanks to Rob and Debi Felten Find A Grave ID46883097 for posting their photo to this memorial***

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