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Personal info

Full name
WINEBRENNER, Earl W
Date of birth
8 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Allen County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35733167
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 February 1945
Place of death
Near Pronsfeld, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 12 12

Immediate family

Members
Jesse J. Winebrenner (father)
Pearl M. Winebrenner (mother)
Betty J. Winebrenner (sister)
Elizabeth Winebrenner (wife)

More information

Sgt Earl W. Winebrenner enlisted in Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 25 September 1943.

He attended high school for 4 years and worked in the manufacture of miscellaneous products before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium Block B, Row 4, Grave 88.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S., Social Security Death Index / 1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten