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Personal info

Full name
MC KINNEY, James Sleebic
Date of birth
31 January 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
McMinn County, Tennessee
Hometown
Maury County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34881522
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bergheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 31 38

Immediate family

Members
J. L. Mc Kinney (father)
Alta Mc Kinney (mother)
Flora Mc Kinney (sister)
Floyd Mc Kinney (brother)
Lloyd Mc Kinney (brother)
Susie Mc Kinney (sister)
Faye Mc Kinney (sister)
Clyde Mc Kinney (brother)
Thelma Mc Kinney (sister)
Wilma L. Mc Kinney (wife)

More information

Sgt James S. Mc Kinney attended high school for two years.

He enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 28 July 1943.

He was severely wounded in action on 16 July 1944 and transferred to the 67th Evacuation Hospital on the same date. He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal the first time for this wound. After recovering re rejoined his company on 27 August 1944. On 13 December 1944 he was promoted to Sergeant.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, 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, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org – After Action Report, WWII Draft Card, 1920, 1930 US Census

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.83rdinfdivdocs.org