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Personal info

Full name
HINKSON, Charles D
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Massachusetts
Hometown
Longmeadow, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31215379
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 September 1944
Place of death
In te vicinity of Dornot - Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 12 11

Immediate family

Members
James R. Hinkson (father)
Dorothy D. Hinkson (mother)

More information

Sgt Charles D. Hinkson graduated from Springfield High School and was an underwriter for the Aetna Casualty Co.

He enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 17 December 1942 and first served in the military police at Fort George G. Meade.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census / Delahaye Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Technical High School 1937 Tech Tiger Yearbook