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Personal info

Full name
TINSLEY, Robert Byrd Jr
Date of birth
26 January 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi
Hometown
Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34928988
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
376th Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
Ockfen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Robert B. Tinsley Sr. (father)
Ardella (Green) Tinsley (mother)
Cora M. Tinsley (sister)
Eugene C. Tinsley (brother)
Wilma C. Tinsley (sister)
Estelle A. Tinsley (sister)
Lucille E. (Bass) Tinsley (wife)
Robert J. Tinsley (son)
Charles R. Tinsley (son)

More information

Pvt Robert B. Tinsley Jr. graduated from St John's School in Gulfport and was employed by the Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula.

He enlisted in Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 20 July 1944.

Pvt Tinsley is remembered at the Biloxi National Cemetery in Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / O’Brien Scheeler Family Tree, www.ancestry.com, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com – Betty Via Wolfe

Photo source: Peter Schouteten - www.findagrave.com – Lonnie Hooyer, www.ancestry.com - Mary Brasher