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Personal info

Full name
DAVENPORT, Kenneth Wood
Date of birth
24 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Harbor Beach, Huron County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36885214
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
12th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Duren, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 12 51

Immediate family

Members
Angus O. Davenport (father)
Laura M. (Wood) Davenport (mother)
Angus M. Davenport (brother)
Charles A. Davenport (brother)
Lucille M. (Carey) Davenport (wife)
Nancy Davenport (daughter)

More information

Kenneth W. Davenport was married to Lucille Marie Carey at Indiana on 24 July 1942.

He was employed by the Cadillac Motor Car Division.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten,  Susan Linton - Nancy Akin (daughter), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Susan Linton - 1938 Woodrow Wilson Intermediate School Yearbook - Grade 9 / Nancy Akin (daughter)