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Personal info

Full name
TINSLEY, Fred Perry
Date of birth
14 March 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Hometown
Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34592218
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Tank Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 January 1945
Place of death
Hatten, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
John J. Tinsley (father)
Emma B. (Leonard) Tinsley (mother)
Joe W. Tinsley (brother)
Albert S. Tinsley (brother)
Francis M. Tinsley (sister)
Frank Tinsley (brother)
John J. Tinsley (brother)
Emma Tinsley (sister)

More information

Sgt Fred P. Tinsley attended high school for four years and was a salesman before he enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 28 November 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com – 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://14thad.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel