Lieutenant Francis Albert Riley | UW Gold Star Honor Roll
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Francis Albert Riley

Graduating Class of 1939
Served in World War II
Attached photograph of Lieutenant Riley

Lieutenant
Francis Albert Riley

Navy
USS Albacore

Hometown

La Crosse, WI

Date of Birth

Location of Death

Japan

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Catholic Cemetery of La Crosse, La Crosse, WI

More About Lieutenant Riley

Lieutenant Riley died when Submarine USS Albacore was sunk by a mine off northern Japan. There were 85 other crewmen on board at the time. He is memorialized at the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial in Honolulu, HI.