Alexander Sinclair Jr.

Company A 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 02/06/1945

Alexander Sinclair Jr. was born in Dundee, Scotland on November 29, 1920.

Prior to entering military service he was employed by the Package Machine Company
in Springfield, Massachusetts.

He was drafted into the Army on April 7, 1944 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts.
He listed his home of residence as Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, and
his civilian occupation as Skilled Occupations In The Manufacture Of Miscellaneous Products.
He had completed four years of High School and was single with no dependents.
His religion was listed as Protestant. At the time of induction he was an American citizen.

He was assigned to Company C 22nd Infantry from the 92nd Replacement Battalion
on November 27, 1944.

He was transferred to Company A on December 6, 1944.

Private Sinclair was killed in action in Germany, during the battle for the city of Prüm,
on February 6, 1945.

Alexander Sinclair Jr. was originally buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
Foy Cemetery, Bastogne, Belgium in Block B Row 8 Grave 193 and his remains were
later transferred and buried at Henri-Chappele, in the 1947-1949 time frame, when the temporary
cemeteries were shut down.

Burial:
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial
Henri-Chapelle
Liege, Belgium
Plot H Row 6 Grave 46

Grave marker for Alexander Sinclair Jr.

Photo by Des Philippet from the Find A Grave website

BACK