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Personal info

Full name
EIBLING, Wayne Fredrick
Date of birth
7 April 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Marion, Marion County, Ohio
Hometown
Marion, Marion County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35113520
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 October 1944
Place of death
Deuxville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 29 48

Immediate family

Members
William F. Eibling (father)
Faye F. (Parshall) Eibling (mother)
Helen C. Eibling (sister)
Donald R. Eibling (brother)
Thelma J. Eibling (sister)
Ruth L. (Johnson) Eibling (wife)

More information

Pfc Wayne F. Eibling attended high school for four years and was employed at the Beith M Goodings Grocery before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 4 June 1942. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

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 / Danielle's Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Ohio County Marriage Records, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Dave Retterer, www.newspapers.com - The Marion Star 3 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - The Marion Star 3 November 1944