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Personal info

Full name
KINSTLER, Roy A
Date of birth
23 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Campbell County, Kentucky
Hometown
Carlisle County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35684940
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
Near Siegen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 16 2

Immediate family

Members
John A. Kinstler (father)
Hattie L. (Chalk) Kinstler (mother)
Ruth Kinstler (sister)
Henry J. Kinstler (brother)

More information

Pfc Roy A. Kinstler enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 28 January 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Seibert Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Jim Jacobus