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Personal info

Full name
TIMMINS, Earnest
Date of birth
26 October 1913
Age
30
Place of birth
Jasonville, Green County, Indiana
Hometown
Johnston, Williamson County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
6834731
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Fort Driant, Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 19 11

Immediate family

Members
Mat Timmins (father)
Josie Timmins (mother)
Lora Timmins (sister)
Elmer Timmins (brother)
Arnold Timmins (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Earnest Timmins enlisted in the Regular Army in Chicago, Illinois on 11 January 1941.

He was a miner 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 / Welsch 2012 Timmins Family Tree
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