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Personal info

Full name
LYNCH, Archie Dale
Date of birth
21 December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Springview, Keya Paha County, Nebraska
Hometown
Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37693884
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
24 October 1944
Place of death
Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 39 5

Immediate family

Members
Hawley A. Lynch (father)
Lucy (Franklin) Lynch (mother)
Percy H. Lynch (brother)
Dorothy H. Lynch (wife)
Charlotte K. Lynch (daughter)
Carol S. Lunch (daughter)
Garnet R. Lynch (daughter)

More information

Pvt Archie D. Lynch attended high school for four years and was employed with the Cass County Board of Supervisors before he enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 31 March 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 / Iowa WWII Bonus Case File / Madsen Lynch Anker Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Coleman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks, Atlantic, Iowa