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Personal info

Full name
MC KINLEY, Albert Lee
Date of birth
10 July 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Milford, Iroquois County, Illinois
Hometown
Milford, Iroquois County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36317421
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
117th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 October 1944
Place of death
Northeast of Würselen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 18 20

Immediate family

Members
Joseph R. Mc Kinley (father)
Flossie E. (Wilt) Mc Kinley (mother)
Opal B. Mc Kinley (sister)
Joseph W. Mc Kinley (brother)
Chester Mc Kinley (brother)
Wendell Mc Kinley (brother)
Ira L. Mc Kinley (brother)
Rosalee R. Mc Kinley (sister)
Mary M. Mc Kinley (sister)

More information

Pvt Albert L. Mc Kinley enlisted at Camp Grant, Illinois on 11 February 1942.

He worked with his father in the trucking business before he entered the service.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Ginny Lee (niece), Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Family Trees, www.oldhickory30th.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Ginny Lee (niece)