SGT George A. Cline
ID: 36029941
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Hometown: Jasper County, IL
Status: KIA
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TWO SOLDIERS ARE KILLED IN FRANCE
Sergeant George A. Cline is killed in action in France on August 8, War Department Reports.
Sergeant George A. Cline was killed in action in France on August 8, a telegram from the War Department to his mother, Mrs. Pearl Cline of Newton, received Saturday, announced. The message, signed by Adjutant General J. A. Ulio, was as follows:
"The secretary of war desires me to express his deep regret that your son, Sergeant George A. Cline, was killed in action on August 8 in France. Letter follows."
Sergeant Cline was in charge of a machine gun crew in Motorized Infantry and had been in France since the invasion of Normandy on June 6. He was probably in the vanguard of the break through from Normandy into Brittany in the first week in August, but it isn't known what American commander he was serving under.
BORN AT BOGOTA
He was born at Bogota, October 27, 1918, and had always resided in Jasper county until he entered the Army three years ago. He received much of his training at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. He was employed at the Ohio Oil Company station in Newton before his induction.
Besides his mother, he leaves three sisters, Mrs. Janelle Houser of Newton, Mrs. Eileen Coulter of Grayville and Mrs. Maxine Mascher of Dieterich; his fiancee, Miss Rosalie Tucker of Olney; and many other relatives and friends.
Added by J Taylor
SGT George A. Cline
ID: 36029941
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Hometown: Jasper County, IL
Status: KIA
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
TWO SOLDIERS ARE KILLED IN FRANCE
Sergeant George A. Cline is killed in action in France on August 8, War Department Reports.
Sergeant George A. Cline was killed in action in France on August 8, a telegram from the War Department to his mother, Mrs. Pearl Cline of Newton, received Saturday, announced. The message, signed by Adjutant General J. A. Ulio, was as follows:
"The secretary of war desires me to express his deep regret that your son, Sergeant George A. Cline, was killed in action on August 8 in France. Letter follows."
Sergeant Cline was in charge of a machine gun crew in Motorized Infantry and had been in France since the invasion of Normandy on June 6. He was probably in the vanguard of the break through from Normandy into Brittany in the first week in August, but it isn't known what American commander he was serving under.
BORN AT BOGOTA
He was born at Bogota, October 27, 1918, and had always resided in Jasper county until he entered the Army three years ago. He received much of his training at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. He was employed at the Ohio Oil Company station in Newton before his induction.
Besides his mother, he leaves three sisters, Mrs. Janelle Houser of Newton, Mrs. Eileen Coulter of Grayville and Mrs. Maxine Mascher of Dieterich; his fiancee, Miss Rosalie Tucker of Olney; and many other relatives and friends.
Added by J Taylor
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ILLINOIS SGT 109 INF 28 INF DIV WORLD WAR II
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