TEC 5 O'Neal, Riley Van
Service number: 37492345
Age: 22
Born: August 14, 1922, Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas, USA
Hometown: Labette County, Kansas
Family:
Richard Van O'Neal (father)
Amelia (nee Schroeder) O'Neal (mother)
Mary Ella O'Neal/Burger (sister)
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade
Function: Light Truck Driver
Battalion: 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: Reconnaissance
Date of death: March 17, 1945
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Mehlem, Stadtkreis Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Spot: Along the Rhine River (please read additional in the other information section)
Awards / Commendations:
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number:
Cemetery:
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Altamont, Labette County, Kansas, USA
Other information:
Based at Villip, Germany, while looking at the Rhine River from a park, Tec 5 O'Neal was killed along with Tec 5 Warren Kuhn, memorial # 56282863 . Currently at Mehlem Germany, they went to look at the Rhine River at a park area. Someone shot from across the river killing both.
Service number: 37492345
Age: 22
Born: August 14, 1922, Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas, USA
Hometown: Labette County, Kansas
Family:
Richard Van O'Neal (father)
Amelia (nee Schroeder) O'Neal (mother)
Mary Ella O'Neal/Burger (sister)
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade
Function: Light Truck Driver
Battalion: 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: Reconnaissance
Date of death: March 17, 1945
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Mehlem, Stadtkreis Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Spot: Along the Rhine River (please read additional in the other information section)
Awards / Commendations:
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number:
Cemetery:
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Altamont, Labette County, Kansas, USA
Other information:
Based at Villip, Germany, while looking at the Rhine River from a park, Tec 5 O'Neal was killed along with Tec 5 Warren Kuhn, memorial # 56282863 . Currently at Mehlem Germany, they went to look at the Rhine River at a park area. Someone shot from across the river killing both.
TEC 5 O'Neal, Riley Van
Service number: 37492345
Age: 22
Born: August 14, 1922, Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas, USA
Hometown: Labette County, Kansas
Family:
Richard Van O'Neal (father)
Amelia (nee Schroeder) O'Neal (mother)
Mary Ella O'Neal/Burger (sister)
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade
Function: Light Truck Driver
Battalion: 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: Reconnaissance
Date of death: March 17, 1945
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Mehlem, Stadtkreis Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Spot: Along the Rhine River (please read additional in the other information section)
Awards / Commendations:
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number:
Cemetery:
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Altamont, Labette County, Kansas, USA
Other information:
Based at Villip, Germany, while looking at the Rhine River from a park, Tec 5 O'Neal was killed along with Tec 5 Warren Kuhn, memorial # 56282863 . Currently at Mehlem Germany, they went to look at the Rhine River at a park area. Someone shot from across the river killing both.
Service number: 37492345
Age: 22
Born: August 14, 1922, Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas, USA
Hometown: Labette County, Kansas
Family:
Richard Van O'Neal (father)
Amelia (nee Schroeder) O'Neal (mother)
Mary Ella O'Neal/Burger (sister)
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade
Function: Light Truck Driver
Battalion: 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Division: 7th Armored Division
Company: Reconnaissance
Date of death: March 17, 1945
Status: Killed In Action
Place of death: Mehlem, Stadtkreis Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Spot: Along the Rhine River (please read additional in the other information section)
Awards / Commendations:
★ Purple Heart
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Marksmanship Badge
★ Army Presidential Unit Citation
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number:
Cemetery:
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Altamont, Labette County, Kansas, USA
Other information:
Based at Villip, Germany, while looking at the Rhine River from a park, Tec 5 O'Neal was killed along with Tec 5 Warren Kuhn, memorial # 56282863 . Currently at Mehlem Germany, they went to look at the Rhine River at a park area. Someone shot from across the river killing both.
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