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Personal info

Full name
MCHENRY, Forrest Wesley
Date of birth
11 April 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia
Hometown
Hammond, Marion County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35760577
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Coin-sur-Seille, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 29 76

Immediate family

Members
Jacob W. McHenry (father)
Effie D. (Heiskell) McHenry (mother)
Opal G. McHenry (sister)
Nancy McHenry (sister)
Gladys McHenry (sister)
Madaline McHenry (sister)
Willis McHenry (brother)
Thoburn McHenry (brother)
Mardotha McHenry (sister)
Ardith McHenry (sister)
Inza McHenry (wife)

More information

Pvt Forrest W. McHenry enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 28 August 1943.

He was a wheeler before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record

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