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Personal info

Full name
HINES, William James Jr
Date of birth
24 April 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Carnegie, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Carnegie, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33134061
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 February 1945
Place of death
Manternach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 10 12

Immediate family

Members
William J. Hines Sr. (father)
Malah M. Hines (mother)
Betty J. Hines (sister)
Thomas D. Hines (brother)
Charlotte C. (Smith) Hines (wife)
William J. Hines (son)

More information

Pvt William J. Hines attended high school for two years and was employed at the Pittsburgh Water Heater Company before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 14 February 1942.

He was killed by a land mine.

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 / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, www.findagrave.com - Coleman, Hines Jr., William J – The 2D Dragoon Memorial (2dcavalryassociation.com)
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dominique Potier