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Personal info

Full name
KINCHIUS, Joseph John
Date of birth
18 February 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33400883
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
924th Field Artillery Battalion,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 December 1944
Place of death
Elsenborn Ridge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 7 56

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Kinchius (father)
Julia Kinchius (mother)
Alex Kinchius (brother)
Tony Kinchius (brother)
Stanly Kinchius (brother)
Mildred (Kraniak) Kinchius (wife)

More information

Cpl Kinchius enlisted 17 November 1942 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal "For heroic achievement against the enemy on 27 December 1944."

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / Veteran Compensation Application File

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet