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Personal info

Full name
WINBURNE, Cecil W
Date of birth
1912
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Virginia
Hometown
Henrico County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
6882691
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 January 1945
Place of death
Near Flamierge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 10 36

Immediate family

Members
Ernest C. Winburne (father)
Minnie B. (Chappell) Winburne (mother)
Raymond H. Winburne (brother)
Ernest C. Winburne (brother)
Robert K. Winburne (brother)
Susan M. Winburne (sister)
Doris E. Winburne (sister)
Elizabeth C. Winburne (sister)

More information

Pvt Cecil W. Winburne joined the Regular Army on 28 September 1939.
He attended 2 years of high school and worked in production of miscellaneous petroleum and coal products.
He died of wounds received on 4 January 1945 and was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten