TEC 5 Klinger, Randall
Service number: 33162614
Age: 25
Born: August 24, 1919, Steelton, Dauphine, Pennsylvania
Hometown: Steelton, Pennsylvania
Family:
Samuel R. Klinger (father)
Martha P. (nee Olsechewski) Klinger (mother)
Elizabeth Rebecca Klinger/Haas (sister)
Abraham Klinger (brother)
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade
Function: Tank Driver
Battalion: 40th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: D
Date of death: September 8, 1944
Status: Missing In Action
Place of death: Maizieres, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Last known duty: On the road from Pierrevillers to Maizieres-les-Metz, France
Awards / Commendations
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Wall Of Missing
Cemetery:
Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial
Hamm, Canton de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Date of enlistment: March 13, 1942, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Other information: The following from the 7th Armored Division archives
On 7 September 1944, a light tank (M-5) of D Company, on a road reconnaissance from Ste-Marie-aux-Chenes to Maizieres-les-Metz, France, was ambushed and apparantly hit by a German grenade and/or panzerfaust. The tank did not burn. All of the 4-man crew escaped the knocked out tank and made it back to their lines, except one man (the driver T/5 Randall Klinger). German forces kept the crew from aiding Klinger, whose remains have never been recovered and identified. More information about the possible identification of T/5 Klinger can be found here: https://www.7tharmddiv.org/40d-1944-09-07.htm
T/5 Klinger was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
Please view his other memorial #60310151
Service number: 33162614
Age: 25
Born: August 24, 1919, Steelton, Dauphine, Pennsylvania
Hometown: Steelton, Pennsylvania
Family:
Samuel R. Klinger (father)
Martha P. (nee Olsechewski) Klinger (mother)
Elizabeth Rebecca Klinger/Haas (sister)
Abraham Klinger (brother)
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade
Function: Tank Driver
Battalion: 40th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: D
Date of death: September 8, 1944
Status: Missing In Action
Place of death: Maizieres, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Last known duty: On the road from Pierrevillers to Maizieres-les-Metz, France
Awards / Commendations
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Wall Of Missing
Cemetery:
Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial
Hamm, Canton de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Date of enlistment: March 13, 1942, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Other information: The following from the 7th Armored Division archives
On 7 September 1944, a light tank (M-5) of D Company, on a road reconnaissance from Ste-Marie-aux-Chenes to Maizieres-les-Metz, France, was ambushed and apparantly hit by a German grenade and/or panzerfaust. The tank did not burn. All of the 4-man crew escaped the knocked out tank and made it back to their lines, except one man (the driver T/5 Randall Klinger). German forces kept the crew from aiding Klinger, whose remains have never been recovered and identified. More information about the possible identification of T/5 Klinger can be found here: https://www.7tharmddiv.org/40d-1944-09-07.htm
T/5 Klinger was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
Please view his other memorial #60310151
TEC 5 Klinger, Randall
Service number: 33162614
Age: 25
Born: August 24, 1919, Steelton, Dauphine, Pennsylvania
Hometown: Steelton, Pennsylvania
Family:
Samuel R. Klinger (father)
Martha P. (nee Olsechewski) Klinger (mother)
Elizabeth Rebecca Klinger/Haas (sister)
Abraham Klinger (brother)
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade
Function: Tank Driver
Battalion: 40th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: D
Date of death: September 8, 1944
Status: Missing In Action
Place of death: Maizieres, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Last known duty: On the road from Pierrevillers to Maizieres-les-Metz, France
Awards / Commendations
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Wall Of Missing
Cemetery:
Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial
Hamm, Canton de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Date of enlistment: March 13, 1942, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Other information: The following from the 7th Armored Division archives
On 7 September 1944, a light tank (M-5) of D Company, on a road reconnaissance from Ste-Marie-aux-Chenes to Maizieres-les-Metz, France, was ambushed and apparantly hit by a German grenade and/or panzerfaust. The tank did not burn. All of the 4-man crew escaped the knocked out tank and made it back to their lines, except one man (the driver T/5 Randall Klinger). German forces kept the crew from aiding Klinger, whose remains have never been recovered and identified. More information about the possible identification of T/5 Klinger can be found here: https://www.7tharmddiv.org/40d-1944-09-07.htm
T/5 Klinger was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
Please view his other memorial #60310151
Service number: 33162614
Age: 25
Born: August 24, 1919, Steelton, Dauphine, Pennsylvania
Hometown: Steelton, Pennsylvania
Family:
Samuel R. Klinger (father)
Martha P. (nee Olsechewski) Klinger (mother)
Elizabeth Rebecca Klinger/Haas (sister)
Abraham Klinger (brother)
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade
Function: Tank Driver
Battalion: 40th Tank Battalion
Division : 7th Armored Division
Company: D
Date of death: September 8, 1944
Status: Missing In Action
Place of death: Maizieres, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Last known duty: On the road from Pierrevillers to Maizieres-les-Metz, France
Awards / Commendations
★ World War II Victory Medal
★ Purple Heart
★ American Campaign Medal
★ Army Good Conduct Medal
★ European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign
Grave number: Wall Of Missing
Cemetery:
Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial
Hamm, Canton de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Date of enlistment: March 13, 1942, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Other information: The following from the 7th Armored Division archives
On 7 September 1944, a light tank (M-5) of D Company, on a road reconnaissance from Ste-Marie-aux-Chenes to Maizieres-les-Metz, France, was ambushed and apparantly hit by a German grenade and/or panzerfaust. The tank did not burn. All of the 4-man crew escaped the knocked out tank and made it back to their lines, except one man (the driver T/5 Randall Klinger). German forces kept the crew from aiding Klinger, whose remains have never been recovered and identified. More information about the possible identification of T/5 Klinger can be found here: https://www.7tharmddiv.org/40d-1944-09-07.htm
T/5 Klinger was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
Please view his other memorial #60310151
Inscription
TEC 5 40 TK BN 7 ARMD DIV
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