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Personal info

Full name
KINDLE, Delbert Dean
Date of birth
21 February 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Howe, Le Flore County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Hillcrest, King County, Washington

Military service

Service number
6582019
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
17th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mariadorf-Freialdenhoven, north of Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 18 2

Immediate family

Members
Allie Kindle (father)
Maggie E. (Lively) Kindle (mother)
Alta P. Kindle (sister)
Emmet H. Kindle (brother)

More information

Pfc Delbert D. Kindle joined the Regular Army at Lewiston AAF, Montana on 11 March 1940.

He had a post-graduate degree and worked in a kitchen before he joined the Army.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - various family trees, www.30thinfantry.org – After Action Report 30th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Marc van den Berkmortel via Jennifer Grant (cousin)