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Personal info

Full name
KINNICK, William
Date of birth
17 January 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Campbell, Mahoning County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35246553
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 18 26

Immediate family

Members
George Kinnick (father)
Helen (Holecko) Kinnick (mother)
George Kinnick (brother)
Elick Kinnick (brother)
Paul Kinnick (brother)
Joe Kinnick (brother)
Helen Kinnick (sister)
Anna Kinnick (sister)
Helen (Kristian) Kinnick (wife)
William Kinnick (son)

More information

Pvt William Kinnick was a chauffeur employed by the Johnson Baking Co. in Youngstown, Ohio before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 16 March 1944.

On 12 November he was reported seriously wounded by a bullet in the shoulder, when B Company moved out on attacking the town of Lucy, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Kinnick Rovnak Family Tree / U.S. Draft Cards Young Man
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Emmanuel Vincent / Stratasfan