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Personal info

Full name
YOUNKIN, Lawrence Harry
Date of birth
16 February 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
St. Maries, Benewah County, Idaho
Hometown
Opportunity, Spokane County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39466137
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
Schmidt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 14 1

Immediate family

Members
Harry O. Younkin (father)
Mary A. (Argo) Younkin (mother)
Edgar B. Younkin (brother)
Orwin H. Younkin (brother)
Minerva Younkin (sister)
Beatrice Younkin (sister)

More information

Pvt Lawrence H. Younkin attended high school for one year.

He enlisted in Spokane, Washington on 25 June 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Army Enlistment Records / Whitehouse and Crocker Family Tree, 78th Infantry Division "Lightning" Unit History, http://www.lonesentry.com/

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Shelley Garvey