McKinley, T/Sgt. Henry C.

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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 

 

 

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