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Personal info

Full name
HINES, John J
Date of birth
19 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35932952
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 September 1944
Place of death
Metz-en-Couture, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 29 68

Immediate family

Members
Dennis J. Hines (father)
Gertrude M. (Purcell) Hines (mother)
Joseph T. Hines (brother)
Mary V. Hines (sister)
Walter J. Hines (brother)
Thomas R. Hines (brother)
Frances M. Hines (brother)
Catherine M. Hines (sister)
Mary J. Hines (sister)
William P. Hines (brother)
Patrick H. Hines (brother)
Dennis J. Hines Jr. (brother)

More information

Pfc John J. Hines attended high school for 4 years and was a clerk general office before he enlisted in Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 9 September 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / My Hines Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Jeanne Hines Wigginton

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - WW Struck