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FINKS, Jack - Date of
birth
4 October 1914 -
Age
30 - Place of
birth
White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, West Virginia -
Hometown
White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, West Virginia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35134466 -
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade -
Function
unknown -
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
28th Infantry Division
-
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
22 December 1944 - Place of
death
Ettelbruck, Luxembourg
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 4 | 2 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Feamster E. Finks (father)
Mary E. (Wright) Finks (mother)
Peggy (Coffman) Finks (wife)
More information
T/5 Jack Finks attended high school for four years and was a bookkeeper and cashier before he enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport Kentucky on 14 March 1942.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / McElroy Family Tree
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com – WWII Young American Patriots