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Personal info

Full name
LINGLE, George
Date of birth
14 July 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Pulaski, Pulaski County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16039699
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Biarville - Le Ménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 16 71

Immediate family

Members
Leo S. Lingle (father)
Elizabeth (Lovelette) Lingle (mother)
Mary E. Lingle (sister)
Joseph Lingle (brother)
Martha Lingle (sister)
Eva Lingle (sister)

More information

Pfc George Lingle was a bartender before he joined the Regular Army in East St. Louis, Illinois on 10 August 1940.

In November 1943, in Italy, he was wounded by artillery shell blast debris at the radius.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy