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Personal info

Full name
MC KINNIE, Thomas Howell Jr
Date of birth
9 December 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Mansfield, De Soto Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Mansfield, De Soto Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
18197203
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 November 1944
Place of death
Lindern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 13 28

Immediate family

Members
Thomas H. Mc Kinnie (father)
Lillie M. (Donegan) Mc Kinnie (mother)
Etta L. Mc Kinnie (sister)
Elizabeth Mc Kinnie (sister)
Lillian M. Mc Kinnie (sister)

More information

Pfc Thomas H. Mc Kinnie Jr. was employed at the Mansfield bank.

He enlisted at Ellington Field, Texas on 26 November 1942 and was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program, for which he was sent to Drexel Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When the program was disbanded, he was transferred to the infantry.

He was killed in action when he was just one month overseas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / 1930 Census / Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Times, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Til van Bruggen - Backus