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Personal info

Full name
BIRKINSHA, Raymond Elliott "Ray"
Date of birth
2 September 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Camp Point, Adams County, Illinois
Hometown
Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37731429
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
Gerbécourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 28 7

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Birkinsha (father)
Daisy E. (Elliott) Birkinsha (mother)
Harold J. Birkinsha (brother)
Merle E. Birkinsha (brother)
Lyle M. Birkinsha (sister)
Bessie L. (Trisler) Birkinsha (wife)
James R. Birkinsha (son)
Jack E. Birkinsha (son)
Gerald D. Birkinsha (son)

More information

Pvt Raymond E. Birkinsha was a driver before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 20 January 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Orlena
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