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Personal info

Full name
KINZER, Wayne Joseph
Date of birth
8 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36552794
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
Near Mausbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 5 24

Immediate family

Members
Everett L. Kinzer (father)
Gertrude R. Kinzer (mother)
Marion Kinzer (sister)
Norma C. Kinzer (sister)
Harold A. Kinzer (brother)
Ralph E. Kinzer (brother)
Jeanne V. (Henderson) Kinzer (wife)

More information

Pvt Wayne J. Kinzer was employed at the Long Manufacturing before he entered the service on 26 December 1942.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, Susan Linton - www.newspapers.com - Detroit News 16 November 1944, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Michigan Marriage Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Susan Linton - www.newspapers.com - Detroit News - 16 November 1944