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Personal info

Full name
MCGUINNISS, William Henry Jr
Date of birth
24 July 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut
Hometown
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31103001
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
376th Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
Bannholz Woods, north of Sinz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 6 6

Immediate family

Members
William H. McGuinniss (father)
Maude (Potter) McGuinniss (mother)
Gilmore McGuinniss (brother)
Elizabeth McGuinniss (sister)
Donald McGuinniss (brother)
Paul McGuinniss (brother)

More information

T/Sgt William McGuinniss attended high school for 4 years and worked as an officer at the Wethersfield Prison.

He enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 25 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 / U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, http://www.94thinfdiv.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery