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CONKLIN, John Michael - Date of
birth
27 July 1917 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Middletown, Orange County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32080716 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
13th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
15 December 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Bergstein, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
John M. Conklin (father)
Mary F. Conklin (mother)
Mary Conklin (sister)
Thomas Conklin (brother)
James Conklin (brother)
Gertrude Conklin (sister)
More information
S/Sgt John M. Conklin enlisted in New York City, New York on 17 March 1941.S/Sgt John M. Conklin was killed while on a reconnaissance patrol and had been hit by enemy machine gun fire and fallen into a German foxhole.
The picture was taken in high school in 1935.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, United States World War II Army Enlistment Records / United States Census, 1930, Middletown Times Herald - 26 December 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Middletown Thrall Library - Middletown Yearbook 1935