Date of birth:

April 14th, 1924 (Aline/Oklahoma, United States)

Date of death:

October 2nd, 1944 (Palenberg/Rhine Province, Germany)

Buried on:

American War Grave Aline-Star Cemetery
Plot: A. Row: 94. Grave: 6.

Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Private

Unit:

Company F, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division "Old Hickory"

Awarded on:

June 23rd, 1945

"With 4 other men, he was leading in a frontal assault 2 October 1944, on a Siegfried Line pillbox near Palenberg, Germany. Machinegun fire from the strongly defended enemy position 25 yards away pinned down the attackers. The Germans threw hand grenades, 1 of which dropped between Pvt. Kiner and 2 other men. With no hesitation, Private Kiner hurled himself upon the grenade, smothering the explosion. By his gallant action and voluntary sacrifice of his own life, he saved his 2 comrades from serious injury or death."

Awarded posthumously.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Private

Unit:

Company F, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division "Old Hickory"

• Photo 1: Findagrave.com
• - Jordan, Kenneth N., Yesterday’s Heroes – 433 men of World War II awarded the Medal of Honor 1941-1945, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., USA, 1996
  - Hewitt, R.L., Workhorse of the Western Front – The Story of the 30th Infantry Division, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 1980
  

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