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Personal info

Full name
BRINKLEY, Lonnie William
Date of birth
19 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Norfolk, Virginia
Hometown
Norfolk, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33852760
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 11 37

Immediate family

Members
Alonzo Brinkley (father)
Adeline M. (Cherry) Brinkley (mother)
Evelyn M. Brinkley (sister)

More information

Pfc Lonnie W. Brinkley enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 8 January 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Virginia, Birth Records, 1912-2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721-1911, https://36th-id.frb.io
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