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Personal info

Full name
FINCH, Milton
Date of birth
12 February 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Lucedale, George County, Mississippi
Hometown
Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34396736
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
3 February 1946
Place of death
In the vicinity of Oberhoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Thomas P. Finch (father)
Daisy E. (Rice) Finch (mother)
Warren D. Finch (brother)
Bernice G. Finch (sister)
Leroy Finch (brother)

More information

Pvt Milton Finch enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 27 October 1942.

He was declared officially dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / 142ndaar-.pdf / https://36th-id.frb.io

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - MISTY / Dwight “Andy” Anderson