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Personal info

Full name
MCKINLEY, Robert C J
Date of birth
19 November 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Bronx, New York City, New York
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York

Military service

Service number
42056135
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kayersberg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 27 66

Immediate family

Members
Robert McKinley (father)
Florence McKinley (mother)
Kenneth McKinley (brother)
Wesley McKinley (brother)
Ethel McKinley (sister)
Margaret (Lee) McKinley (wife)

More information

Pvt Robert C. J. McKinley was a mechanic and owned a filling station.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 24 April 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - R&S