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Personal info

Full name
QUILLIAM, Kenneth Benard
Date of birth
4 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Coal Bluff, Vigo County, Indiana
Hometown
Seelyville, Vigo County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35369725
Rank
Corporal
Function
Rifleman
Unit
120th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Kerkrade, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 2 20

Immediate family

Members
William H. Quilliam (father)
Maud E. (Martin) Quilliam (mother)
Veura B. Quilliam (sister)
Paul W. Quilliam (brother)
Anna E. Quilliam (sister)
Noma C. Quilliam (sister)
John E. Quilliam (brother)
Maudie E. Quilliam (sister)
Martha Quilliam (sister)
Norma J. Quilliam (sister)
Katie Quilliam (wife)

More information

Cpl Kenneth B. Quilliam worked as a postal clerk and was a senior at Indiana State Teachers College when he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.findagrave.com, Vigo County Public Library, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Family Tree, 30th Infantry Division Unit History, Vigo County Public Library (scrapbook), www.newspapers.com - Brown County Democrat

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Phillipet, Vigo County Public Library (scrapbook)