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Personal info

Full name
MINK, Elmer Carson
Date of birth
22 December 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Gray, Knox County, Kentucky
Hometown
Evarts, Harlan County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35473810
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bavigne, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 37

Immediate family

Members
James A. Mink (father)
Margaret M. (Fletcher) Mink (mother)
Clarence W. Mink (brother)
Arnold M. Mink (brother)
Walter C. Mink (brother)
Luther A. Mink (brother)
Fred A. Mink (brother)

More information

Pvt Elmer C. Mink was employed at the Harcrow Mining Corporation before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 31 January 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the leg.

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 / Kentucky Birth Index / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten