T/Sgt. Henry Cassius McKinley
Born: 29 June 1920 – Garden Plain Township, Whiteside County, Illinois
Parents: Elmer & Amanda McKinley
Siblings: 2 sisters
Home: 34 South Twenty-first Avenue – Maywood, Illinois
Education:
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1938
– left after three semesters
Occupation: truck driver – Keeshan Motor Express Company – Chicago, Illinois
Selective Service Registration: 1 July 1941
Contact Person: E. McKinley – father
Enlisted:
– U.S. Army Air Corps
– 15 January 1942 – Chicago, Illinois
Serial Number: 1603860
Training:
– Salina Army Airfield, Kansas
Died:
– 17 August 1943
– Fitzsimmons Army Hospital – Aurora, Colorado
– died after surgery for a mastoid bone infection
Buried:
– 1 September 1943 – Elm Lawn Cemetery – Elmhurst, Illinois
– Section: 6 Lot: 250
