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Personal info

Full name
TRANKLE, William Chris
Date of birth
28 September 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Leopold, Bollinger County, Missouri
Hometown
Bollinger County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37055431
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 January 1945
Place of death
Near Wissembourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 26 6

Immediate family

Members
Christian J. Trankle (father)
Joanna H. (Seiler) Trankle (mother)
John M. Trankle (brother)
August J. Trankle (brother)
Charley J. Trankle (brother)
Clara J. Trankle (sister)
Albert A. Trankle (brother)
Estelle W. (Ficker) Trankle (wife)
Patricia A. Trankle (daughter)

More information

Cpl William C. Trankle was employed at the Maryville College in St. Louis before he enlisted on 27 March 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Jean
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Breese Journal - 12 July 1945