He was the son of William A. and Margaret E. (Jacobs) Van Winkle.
He died of fatal wounds received in the retaking of Stattmatten, France on January 6, 1945. He was a member of the 781st Tank Battalion, Company D and was attached to the 79th Infantries Division's 79th Cavalry Recon Troop, 1st Platoon.They surprised the Germans from the 553rd Volks-Grenadier Division.They were able to kill at least 60 of the enemy and capture 30+ including the battalion commander and his staff. He was wounded and died the next day at the 57th Field Hospital in Hochfelden, France. He was a T/4 in the 781st Tank Battalion of the U.S. Army. He was first buried in Niederbrown, France. Later reburied in the U.S. Military Cemetery in St. Avold, France. After the war ended he was brought home to Kansas.
He was survived by his parents and brother, Phillip A. Van Winkle.
He died of fatal wounds received in the retaking of Stattmatten, France on January 6, 1945. He was a member of the 781st Tank Battalion, Company D and was attached to the 79th Infantries Division's 79th Cavalry Recon Troop, 1st Platoon.They surprised the Germans from the 553rd Volks-Grenadier Division.They were able to kill at least 60 of the enemy and capture 30+ including the battalion commander and his staff. He was wounded and died the next day at the 57th Field Hospital in Hochfelden, France. He was a T/4 in the 781st Tank Battalion of the U.S. Army. He was first buried in Niederbrown, France. Later reburied in the U.S. Military Cemetery in St. Avold, France. After the war ended he was brought home to Kansas.
He was survived by his parents and brother, Phillip A. Van Winkle.
He was the son of William A. and Margaret E. (Jacobs) Van Winkle.
He died of fatal wounds received in the retaking of Stattmatten, France on January 6, 1945. He was a member of the 781st Tank Battalion, Company D and was attached to the 79th Infantries Division's 79th Cavalry Recon Troop, 1st Platoon.They surprised the Germans from the 553rd Volks-Grenadier Division.They were able to kill at least 60 of the enemy and capture 30+ including the battalion commander and his staff. He was wounded and died the next day at the 57th Field Hospital in Hochfelden, France. He was a T/4 in the 781st Tank Battalion of the U.S. Army. He was first buried in Niederbrown, France. Later reburied in the U.S. Military Cemetery in St. Avold, France. After the war ended he was brought home to Kansas.
He was survived by his parents and brother, Phillip A. Van Winkle.
He died of fatal wounds received in the retaking of Stattmatten, France on January 6, 1945. He was a member of the 781st Tank Battalion, Company D and was attached to the 79th Infantries Division's 79th Cavalry Recon Troop, 1st Platoon.They surprised the Germans from the 553rd Volks-Grenadier Division.They were able to kill at least 60 of the enemy and capture 30+ including the battalion commander and his staff. He was wounded and died the next day at the 57th Field Hospital in Hochfelden, France. He was a T/4 in the 781st Tank Battalion of the U.S. Army. He was first buried in Niederbrown, France. Later reburied in the U.S. Military Cemetery in St. Avold, France. After the war ended he was brought home to Kansas.
He was survived by his parents and brother, Phillip A. Van Winkle.
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