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Personal info

Full name
MCKNIGHT, Eugene C
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Washington County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35763613
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ostheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 9 6

Immediate family

Members
Clyde F. McKnight (father)
Julia A. McKnight (mother)
Harold Mcknight (brother)
Marie McKnight (sister)
Floyd McKnight (brother)
Pauline McKnight (sister)
Perley McKnight (sister)
Dora McKnight (sister)
Denner McKnight (brother)

More information

Pfc Eugene C. McKnight enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 19 November 1943.

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 / Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999

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