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Personal info

Full name
HINKLE, Estel Gerald
Date of birth
15 December 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Davis, Tucker County, West Virginia
Hometown
Davis, Tucker County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35200554
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 February 1945
Place of death
Near Sarreguemines, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 14 60

Immediate family

Members
Charles F. Hinkle (father)
Calvin W. Hinkle (brother)
Leah Hinkle (sister)
Hilda Hinkle (sister)

More information

Pfc Estel G. Hinkle attended high school for three years before he enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 16 January 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

He is also remembered at the Davis Cemetery in Davis, Tucker County, West Virginia.

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 / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Mowery
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Brenda P