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Submitted: 10/19/19 • Approved: 10/28/19 • Last Updated: 10/31/19 • R216603-G0-S3
World War II
Korea
June 8, 1907 - August 16, 1979
Silver Star
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Family Members
Spouse
Alice Fanning Raley
1915–1979
*Obituary
Cameron to bury decorated chaplain
CAMERON (AP) - Lt. Col. LeRoy Raley, 72, the most decorated chaplain of World War II, will be buried today.
Raley received the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart for his service during World War II.
After his retirement from the Army, he was pastor of many Baptist churches in Oklahoma, Texas, Washington, D. C., and Alabama.
Raley died Thursday in a Temple hospital.
Austin American-Statesman (Austin, Texas), 20 Aug 1979, Mon, Page 17
Photo courtesy of: Holly Bonorden Jentsch
Contributed on 10/19/19 by lynst.peters62
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