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Personal info

Full name
KLINE, Carroll Meredith
Date of birth
7 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Wolfsville, Frederick County, Maryland
Hometown
Smithsburg, Washington County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33892190
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
290th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 January 1945
Place of death
Salm River near Grand Bois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 1 17

Immediate family

Members
Ary R. Kline (father)
Emma J. Kline (mother)
John R. Kline (brother)
Airy M. Kline (brother)
Evelyn Kline (sister)
Katherine E. Kline (sister)
Margaret M. Kline (sister)
Elva Kline (sister)
Dorothy J. Kline (wife)
Carol A. Kline (daughter)

More information

Pvt Kline was employed by the Landis Tools Company in Waynesboro.

He enlisted in June 1944 and after training at Camp Blanding, Florida, he was sent overseas in December 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, The Daily Mail - Hagerstown Maryland, 10 February 1945, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, http://75thdivisiondad.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Daily Mail - Hagerstown Maryland, 10 February 1945