Robert A. Gingell

Company C 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 02/06/1945

Robert Arthur Gingell was born in Forty Fort, Luzerne County, Pennyslvania on January 23, 1920.

Prior to entering military service he was a civilian employee at the U.S. Army General Depot
in Marsh Run, Pennsylvania.

He was drafted into the Army on June 29, 1944 at New Cumberland, Pennyslvania. His home of residence
was listed as Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennyslvania and his civilian occupation was listed as
Unskilled Occupations In Extraction Of Minerals. He had completed four years of High School
and was married. His religion was listed as Protestant.

He was assigned to Company C from the 14th Replacement Depot on December 26, 1944.

Private Gingell was killed in action in Germany during the battle for the city of Prüm
on February 6, 1944.

Decorations of Robert A. Gingell

Robert A. Gingell was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Foy Cemetery, Bastogne, Belgium and some time later his remains
were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in New York on June 8, 1949.

Burial:
Woodlawn National Cemetery
Elmira
Chemung County
New York
Plot: G, 4859

Grave marker for Robert A. Gingell

Photo by Chuck Metcalfe from the Find A Grave website

Top photo of Robert Gingell taken in 1939, courtesy of Theophile Odaert

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