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LINKLETTER, Lloyd Francis - Date of
birth
9 August 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Wellington, Piscataquis County, Maine -
Hometown
Somerset County, Maine
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
31146368 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
14 March 1945 - Place of
death
Remagen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| G | 2 | 46 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Parker G. Linkletter (father)
Eva W. (Carle) Linkletter (mother)
Parker Linkletter Jr. (brother)
Thelma M. Linkletter (sister)
Doris A. Linkletter (sister)
More information
Lloyd Linkletter was the oldest of six children and was just nine years old when his mother died during the birth of her sixth child in 1929. He moved to Massachusetts during the Depression to work at various poultry farms and ultimately returned to his home state of Maine at the end of 1939. His youngest brother Parker remembered him as being a prankster and someone who enjoyed getting a laugh out of others.He enlisted in Bangor, Maine on 28 July 1942. He was sent overseas in February 1945.
One picture shows him posing with two of his sisters, his younger brother and their father.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Sparrow Family Tree
Photo source: Aimee Fogg, The Bangor Daily News - 21 April 1945