William Galen Raley, 85, of Clay City, died at 12:50 a.m. Monday, March 25, 2002, at Flora Pavilion in Flora.
Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at Frank & Bright Funeral Home in Flora. Funeral
services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with Reverend Jay Keele officiating.
Burial with military honors will be in Clay City Cemetery.
Mr. Raley was born on October 17, 1917, in Richland County, the son of William T. and Clara
(Bennett) Raley. He married Juanita Hamilton on January 1, 1947, in Salem. She survives.
He was retired from Dowell Chemical Co. He was a member of the Baptist faith and was a World War II Army veteran.
Mr. Raley is survived by his wife, Juanita Raley, of Clay City; two sisters, Marjorie Burnett and her husband, Clarence, of Flora, and Muriel Hanes and her husband, Vernon, of Flora; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother.
Memorials may be made to Parkinson's Foundation.
The Olney (IL) Daily Mail, March 2002
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON OCTOBER 13, 1942 AT CAMP GRANT, ILLINOIS. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING, QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF RIFLEMAN (745) AND LATER AMMUNITION NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER (505). DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON JUNE 19, 1943 BOUND FOR THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ASSIGNED TO AND FOUGHT WITH HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 130TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 33RD 'ILLINOIS' INFANTRY DIVISION, IN THE LUZON CAMPAIGN. EARNED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE BATTLE STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE BATTLE STAR. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A SERGEANT ON DECEMBER 19, 1945 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS.
This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.
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Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at Frank & Bright Funeral Home in Flora. Funeral
services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with Reverend Jay Keele officiating.
Burial with military honors will be in Clay City Cemetery.
Mr. Raley was born on October 17, 1917, in Richland County, the son of William T. and Clara
(Bennett) Raley. He married Juanita Hamilton on January 1, 1947, in Salem. She survives.
He was retired from Dowell Chemical Co. He was a member of the Baptist faith and was a World War II Army veteran.
Mr. Raley is survived by his wife, Juanita Raley, of Clay City; two sisters, Marjorie Burnett and her husband, Clarence, of Flora, and Muriel Hanes and her husband, Vernon, of Flora; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother.
Memorials may be made to Parkinson's Foundation.
The Olney (IL) Daily Mail, March 2002
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON OCTOBER 13, 1942 AT CAMP GRANT, ILLINOIS. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING, QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF RIFLEMAN (745) AND LATER AMMUNITION NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER (505). DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON JUNE 19, 1943 BOUND FOR THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ASSIGNED TO AND FOUGHT WITH HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 130TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 33RD 'ILLINOIS' INFANTRY DIVISION, IN THE LUZON CAMPAIGN. EARNED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE BATTLE STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE BATTLE STAR. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A SERGEANT ON DECEMBER 19, 1945 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS.
This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.
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William Galen Raley, 85, of Clay City, died at 12:50 a.m. Monday, March 25, 2002, at Flora Pavilion in Flora.
Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at Frank & Bright Funeral Home in Flora. Funeral
services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with Reverend Jay Keele officiating.
Burial with military honors will be in Clay City Cemetery.
Mr. Raley was born on October 17, 1917, in Richland County, the son of William T. and Clara
(Bennett) Raley. He married Juanita Hamilton on January 1, 1947, in Salem. She survives.
He was retired from Dowell Chemical Co. He was a member of the Baptist faith and was a World War II Army veteran.
Mr. Raley is survived by his wife, Juanita Raley, of Clay City; two sisters, Marjorie Burnett and her husband, Clarence, of Flora, and Muriel Hanes and her husband, Vernon, of Flora; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother.
Memorials may be made to Parkinson's Foundation.
The Olney (IL) Daily Mail, March 2002
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON OCTOBER 13, 1942 AT CAMP GRANT, ILLINOIS. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING, QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF RIFLEMAN (745) AND LATER AMMUNITION NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER (505). DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON JUNE 19, 1943 BOUND FOR THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ASSIGNED TO AND FOUGHT WITH HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 130TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 33RD 'ILLINOIS' INFANTRY DIVISION, IN THE LUZON CAMPAIGN. EARNED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE BATTLE STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE BATTLE STAR. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A SERGEANT ON DECEMBER 19, 1945 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS.
This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.
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Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at Frank & Bright Funeral Home in Flora. Funeral
services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with Reverend Jay Keele officiating.
Burial with military honors will be in Clay City Cemetery.
Mr. Raley was born on October 17, 1917, in Richland County, the son of William T. and Clara
(Bennett) Raley. He married Juanita Hamilton on January 1, 1947, in Salem. She survives.
He was retired from Dowell Chemical Co. He was a member of the Baptist faith and was a World War II Army veteran.
Mr. Raley is survived by his wife, Juanita Raley, of Clay City; two sisters, Marjorie Burnett and her husband, Clarence, of Flora, and Muriel Hanes and her husband, Vernon, of Flora; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother.
Memorials may be made to Parkinson's Foundation.
The Olney (IL) Daily Mail, March 2002
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON OCTOBER 13, 1942 AT CAMP GRANT, ILLINOIS. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING, QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF RIFLEMAN (745) AND LATER AMMUNITION NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER (505). DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON JUNE 19, 1943 BOUND FOR THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ASSIGNED TO AND FOUGHT WITH HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 130TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 33RD 'ILLINOIS' INFANTRY DIVISION, IN THE LUZON CAMPAIGN. EARNED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE BATTLE STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE BATTLE STAR. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A SERGEANT ON DECEMBER 19, 1945 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS.
This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.
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