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Personal info

Full name
RINKER, Carl J
Date of birth
20 April 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia
Hometown
Webster County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35754035
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
406th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 6 14

Immediate family

Members
Loomis Rinker (father)
Effie P. (Hinkle) Rinker (mother)
Cora V. Rinker (sister)
Lillian D. Rinker (sister)
Cleal E. Rinker (brother)
Elzie P. Rinker (brother)
Charles O. Rinker (brother)
Edna M. Rinker (sister)
Pauline L. Rinker (sister)
Hazel M. Rinker (sister)

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 census / West Virginia Memory Project, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, Wilda Todd (great-niece)