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Personal info

Full name
KINSMAN, Ivan Keith
Date of birth
5 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Bristol, Greene County, Iowa
Hometown
Greene County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37682791
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
329th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
Rocherfort, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 16 42

Immediate family

Members
Glenn C. Kinsman (father)
Dora F. (Thompson) Kinsman (mother)
Vena H. Kinsman (sister)
Kenneth E. Kinsman (brother)
Eldon J. Kinsman (brother)

More information

Pfc Ivan K. Kinsman graduated from Churdan High School in 1941 and worked on a farm.

He enlisted on 7 December 1943 at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa. He trained at Camp Blanding, Florida, and was sent overseas in June 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Garrity Family Tree / Iowa Birth Index, www.myheritage.nl - The Jefferson Bee

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspaperarchive.com - Jefferson Bee