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PHINNEY, Wimburne Mitchell - Date of
birth
15 March 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
South Farmington, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada -
Hometown
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
31310276 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
Radio Operator -
Unit
HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
116th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division,
Communications Platoon
-
Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
7 October 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Wurselen, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 11 | 50 |
Immediate family
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Members
Henry M. Phinney (father)
Elisabeth J. Phinney (mother)
Keith Phinney (brother)
Norval Phinney (brother)
Maxine Phinney (sister)
More information
Cpl Wimburne M. Phinney joined his unit on 4 September 1944.He was killed when a jeep from the 2nd battalion's communications platoon, occupied by five men transporting coils of telephone wire, detonated an unseen German mine. The explosion killed four occupants and seriously wounded a fifth. The four dead men were Cpl Wimburne Phinney, Pvt Hairston Cumberland, Pvt Earl Potter, and Pvt Marcus Segan.
On the fourth picture his mother kneels to place flowers on the grave of her son. She was one of the last visitors before the disinterment an rearrangement of the graves began. On the third she poses at his final resting place.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com, From Brittany to the Reich van Joseph Balkoski, The News-Herald - 6 August 1947, Page 8
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Wimburne Phinney, The News-Herald - 6 August 1947, Page 8