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Personal info

Full name
BINK, Cornelius
Date of birth
25 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36633606
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
Kaundorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 2 11

Immediate family

Members
Nicolaas Bink (father)
Elisabeth (Ginjaar) Bink (mother)
Nicolaas Bink (brother)
Cornelius Bink (brother)
Koosje E. Bink (sister)
Andrew Bink (brother)

More information

T/4 Cornelius Bink attended University of Chicago before he enlisted.

Note: He had a brother with the same name who was born in 1921 and died the same year.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Relinski Family Tree, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - karwashsue