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Personal info

Full name
WINKLE, Edward Carl "Red"
Date of birth
7 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Belmore, Putnam County, Ohio
Hometown
Defiance, Defiance County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O-1317964
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 October 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 77

Immediate family

Members
Moses Winkle (father)
Mary E. (Rayle) Winkle (mother)
Orpha M. Winkle (sister)
Orvel F. Winkle (brother)
Neva M. Winkle (sister)
Lulu A. Winkle (sister)
Edna E. Winkle (sister)
Violet F. Winkle (sister)
Mildred V. Winkle (sister)
Wilbur D. Winkle (brother)
Hazel M. (Moog) Winkle (wife)

More information

1st Lt Edward C. Winkle graduated from Leipsic High School and Tiffin Business University and was a clerk at City Loan and Guaranty before he enlisted at Camp Perry, Ohio on 4 February 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Roy Nichols Family Tree, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com – The Lima News 23 October 1944

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - cavscourt