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Personal info

Full name
CHINN, William Wayne
Date of birth
29 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Ripley County, Missouri
Hometown
Ripley County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37605253
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
Foret-de-Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 29 58

Immediate family

Members
Everett W. Chinn (father)
Freeda L. (Moore) Chinn (mother)
Homer E. Chinn (brother)
Wayne Chinn (brother)
Harold L. Chinn (brokther)
Albert A. Chinn (brother)
Leona M.Chinn (sister)
Jimmie Chinn (brother)
Laura J. Chinn (sister)
lola F. Chinn (sister)

More information

Pvt William W. Chinn worked on a farm before he enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 2 March 1943.

He died of wounds, caused by small arms fire, a day earlier.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Englistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.newspapers.com - The Columbian 8 January 1945.
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