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Personal info

Full name
SPINN, Michael Frances
Date of birth
8 November 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Peekskill, Westchester County, New York
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35309326
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
24 October 1944
Place of death
Near Remoncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 21 66

Immediate family

Members
John Spinn (father)
Jennie (Muchin) Spinn (mother)
Anna Spinn (sister)
Andrew R. Spinn (brother)
Mary C. Spinn (sister)
John Spinn (brother)
Peter J. Spinn (brother)
William Spinn (brother)
Catherine Spinn (sister)
Joseph F. Spinn (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Michael F. Spinn attended high school for one year and was employed at the Cleveland Union Terminal before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 11 June 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Broyles Fox Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy