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Personal info

Full name
WINES, Peter Leonard
Date of birth
25 December 1925
Age
18
Place of birth
Quinnesec, Dickinson County, Michigan
Hometown
Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36959076
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
347th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Near Obergailbach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 2 29

Immediate family

Members
Leonard P. Wines (father)
Beatrice A. Wines (mother)
Charles L. Wines (brother)
Rufus P. Wines (brother)
Eugene N. Wines (brother)
William E. Wines (brother)
Lois D. Wines (sister)
Clifton O. Wines (brother)

More information

Pvt Peter L. Wines enlisted on 24 March 1944 and was sent overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com – Jaap Vermeer
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Jaap Vermeer