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Personal info

Full name
LYNCH, Leo
Date of birth
27 April 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Florence, Florence County, South Carolina
Hometown
Coward, Florence County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34010339
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bamberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 36 28

Immediate family

Members
Wesley W. Lynch (father)
Maggie Lynch (mother)
Jane Lynch (sister)
Lula Lynch (sister)
Mattie Lynch (sister)
Foster Lynch (brother)
Sallie Lynch (sister)
Eva Lynch (sister)
Virginia Lynch (sister)
Pete Lynch (brother)
W.W. Lynch (brother)
Cielly Lynch (wife)
Helen Lynch (daughter)

More information

Pfc Leo Lynch worked on the family farm before he enlisted at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the head and thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dan Phelan