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Personal info

Full name
BRINEGAR, Junior Raymond
Date of birth
30 April 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Moulton, Appanoose County, Iowa
Hometown
Appanoose County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37644795
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
394th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 19 13

Immediate family

Members
Roy B. Brinegar (father)
Edna M. Brinegar (mother)
Joy (Baker) Brinegar (wife)
Ronald E. Brinegar (son)

More information

Pvt Junior R. Brinegar enlisted in Jefferson Barracks Missouri on 12 August 1944. He was sent overseas in February 1945.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 census, Iowa, County Births, WWII Bonus Case File

Photo source: Tjarco Schuurman, Alice Wayne/Daniels