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CLINE, David Henry - Date of
birth
12 May 1916 -
Age
28 - Place of
birth
Lincoln County, North Carolina -
Hometown
Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34679120 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
31 October 1944 - Place of
death
Near Hattigny, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 19 | 36 |
Immediate family
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Members
David A. Cline (father)
Bessie (Smith) Cline (mother)
Horace R. Cline (sister)
T. R. Cline (brother)
Mary B. Cline (sister)
Hayward J. Cline (brother)
Nellie M. (Marsh) Cline (wife)
Charlotte J. Cline (daughter)
More information
David H. Cline graduated from Lincolnton High School and Lenois Rhyne and Appalachlan College. He worked as a manager for the Eagle’s stores in various locations and afterwards worked as an accountant with the North State Finance and White Amusement Co.He enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 11 August 1943 and was sent overseas in May 1944, arriving in France around the middle of June 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his back.
He is remembered at the Hollybrook Cemetery in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, North Carolina.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton / Anonymous / Backroad traveler / Whitfield
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Kay / Mike Huffstettler