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Personal info

Full name
KILLINS, Joe Cephus Jr
Date of birth
August 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Higgins, Lipscomb County, Texas
Hometown
Dallam County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38342464
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 12 38

Immediate family

Members
Joe C. Killins (father)
Rosa M. (Bell) Killins (mother)
Minnie Killins (sister)
Frank W. Killins (brother)
Roy E. Killins (brother)
Mary M. Killins (sister)
William A. Killins (brother)
John W. Killins (brother)
Robert Killins (brother)
Hugh Killins (brother)

More information

Joe Killins had two brothers in the service, Hugh Killins, who served in the Mediterranean theater and John W. Killins in England with the Air Corps.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: www.ancestry.com, Peter Schouteten