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Personal info

Full name
BINKLEY, Earl
Date of birth
2 March 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Pleasant Plain, Warren County, Ohio
Hometown
New Providence, Union County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32762688
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
Near Nürnberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 21 34

Immediate family

Members
Howard H. Binkley (father)
Luella Binkley (mother)
Dorothy Binkley (sister)
Frank Binkley (brother)
Harold Binkley (brother)
Betty Binkley (sister)
Shirley Binkley (sister)
Nancy Binkley (sister)

More information

Pfc Earl Binkley was a clerk before he enlisted in April 1943 to the Medical Corps of the Army Air Force. He was transferred to the infantry in December 1944 and was sent ent overseas in February 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.newspapers.com – The Courier News New Jersey 4 May 1945
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