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Personal info

Full name
KINSER, Cecil William
Date of birth
7 March 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Mercer County, West Virginia
Hometown
Harman, Buchanan County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33848513
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
23 October 1944
Place of death
Near Remoncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 26 18

Immediate family

Members
Harrison S. Kinser (father)
Mary P. (Gregory) Kinser (mother)
Nancy W. (Mays) Kinser (wife)
Charles E. Kinser (son)
Lonnie W. Kinser (son)
Bobby G. Kinser (son)

More information

Pvt Cecil W. Kinser was a miner at the H E Harman Coal Corporation before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 25 March 1944.

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 / Boothe Brown Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Greg Belcher
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - forestvs