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MC KINNEY, William H - Date of
birth
22 November 1907 -
Age
36 - Place of
birth
Ohio -
Hometown
Marquette County, Michigan
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
16088784 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
unknown -
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
8 October 1944 - Place of
death
Hürtgen Forest, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 2 | 1 |
Immediate family
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Members
Frank M. Mc Kinney (father)
Nellie R. Mc Kinney (mother)
Edward T. Mc Kinney (brother)
Alice P. Mc Kinney (sister)
Juanita V. Mc Kinney (sister)
Monica L. Mc Kinney (sister)
Lillie M. Mc Kinney (sister)
Herbert A. Mc Kinney (brother)
Biography
http://www.in-honored-glory.info/html/stories/ifmckinney.htmMore information
Sgt William H. Mc Kinney volunteered for the US Army in Marquette, Michigan on 8 December 1942.He worked on a Unskilled sawmill occupation.
William had only been overseas for about three months at the time of his death.
Alice P. Mc Kinney died in a transport plane crash with 17 other WACs, leaving Africa for England 30 May 1945. Her name is on the Tablets of the Missing in North Africa American Cemetery Carthage, Tunisia.
Both Alice Pauline and Bill are also remembered and acknowledged on a monument in the family plot in Big Bay Cemetery.
Sgt William H. Mc Kinney was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium Block F, Row 2, Grave 35.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.in-honored-glory.info/html/stories/ifmckinney.htm - Loraine Koski, http://9thinfantrydivision.net
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, http://www.in-honored-glory.info/html/stories/ifmckinney.htm - Loraine Koski