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Personal info

Full name
KINNEY, Leroy George
Date of birth
6 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota
Hometown
Garrison, Crow Wing County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37323854
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1945
Place of death
Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 64

Immediate family

Members
Orren W. Kinney (father)
Alice E. (Faivre) Kinney (mother)
Ruth A. Kinney (sister)
Amaneta Kinney (sister)
Earl M. Kinney (brother)
Lyle J. Kinney (brother)
Florence Kinney (sister)
Viola M. Kinney (sister)
Daisy C. Kinney (sister)
Lester B. Kinney (brother)
Pearl N. Kinney (sister)
Cecil Kinney (brother)

More information

Pfc Leroy G. Kinney enlisted in November 1942 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Becker Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.10tharmored.com, www,newspapers.com - Brainerd Dispatch - 9 April 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten