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Personal info

Full name
DELLINGER, Claude Jackson
Date of birth
31 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina
Hometown
Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
14062931
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
709th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Riedwihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 26 35

Immediate family

Members
Frank A. Dellinger (father)
Fannie M. (Sisk) Dellinger (mother)
James Dellinger (brother)
Lillie M. Dellinger (sister)
Pauline Dellinger (sister)
Margie Dellinger (sister)
Frances Dellinger (brother)
Frank Dellinger (brother)
Martha Dellinger (sister)
Paul Dellinger (brother)

More information

Cpl Claude J. Dellinger was a smelter hand.

He enlisted in Charlotte, North Carolina on 10 March 1942.

In December 1944 he was hospitalized for wounds at his legs, caused by shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy