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Personal info

Full name
PING, Delbert C
Date of birth
2 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Pulaski County, Kentucky
Hometown
Lincoln County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35707560
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 35 33

Immediate family

Members
Josephine J. (Childress) Ping (mother)
Martha Ping (sister)
George Ping (brother)
Ollie Ping (sister)
Rasco Ping (brother)
Jessie R. Ping (sister)

More information

Sgt Delbert C. Ping enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 10 August 1943.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Kentucky, Birth Index, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy