Rank and Name, Major Harry Hall Alley.
Unit/Placed, Headquarters X1 Tactical Air Command.
Harry was born on 1915 in Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma.
Father, John P. Alley.
Mother, Mary J. (Burwell) Alley.
Brother, John Alley.
Harry enlisted the Army Air Force in Oklahoma with service number # O-334673.
Harry’s duty was a Pilot with the X1 Tactical Air Command on a B-55.
Harry died non Battle on Nov. 26, 1944, Major Harry H. Alley is honored with an Air Medal, American Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal.
Harry is buried/mentioned at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium.
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
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POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
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Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
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Maj . Harry H. Alley, ’37 law, former Oklahoma City lawyer, died on November 26 from injuries received in a plane crash in Belgium. Major Alley, holder of an Air Medal, was attached to ground force headquarters of the Eighth Air Force. He entered service as a first lieutenant in the Field Artillery in 1940, later training as an aerial observer and transferring to an Observation squadron . He went on duty with the Eighth Air Force in 1942, and was promoted to major last April. At the University Major Alley was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi honorary legal fraternity, Phi Eta Sigma scholastic fraternity for freshmen men, Kappa Gamma Epsilon honorary modern languages fraternity and the President’s Honor Class. Survivors include his brother, Lt . John N. Alley, ’33 ba, ’34 ma, overseas, and his mother, Mrs. John Alley, Norman . His father, Professor John Alley of the University government department, died last May.
