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Personal info

Full name
MAKINS, Alfred Eugene
Date of birth
25 November 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas
Hometown
Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
O-386784
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 September 1944
Place of death
Laveline-du-Houx, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 17 10

Immediate family

Members
Francis C. Makins (father)
Katherine J. (Berrigan) Makins (mother)
Murt F. Makins (brother)
George E. Makins (brother)
Donald R. Makins (brother)
Mary J. (Grentner) Makins (wife)
Mary K. Makins (daughter)

More information

Cpt Alfred E. Makins graduated from Abilene High School with the class of 1934 and from Kansas State College in 1940 where he majored in Industrial journalism.

He enlisted on 12 March 194.

He was married to Mary Jean Grentner on 17 February 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans 1861-1985, www.newspapers.com - The Mercury Manhattan Kansas 18 February 1942, https://36th-id.frb.io/, 36thID-roster-part-1.pdf

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.ancestry.com - amyroses42