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Personal info

Full name
VINYARD, Virgil Eugene
Date of birth
5 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
McArthur, Shasta County, California
Hometown
Cedarville, Modoc County, California

Military service

Service number
19141679
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 32 38

Immediate family

Members
Virgil A. Vinyard (father)
Helen D. (Darke) Vinyard (mother)
William C. Vinyard (brother)
Violet M. Vinyard (sister)
Alice Vinyard (sister)
Corrine Vinyard (sister)
Martha Vinyard (sister)
Wilmith M. Vinyard (sister)

More information

T/5 Virgil E. Vinyard graduated from California Polytechnic School and was a clerk.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Los Angeles, California on 30 October 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire in his stomach.

His brother William and his sister Wilmith also served.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / RDT Master Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy