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Personal info

Full name
MASON, Kenneth Eugene
Date of birth
28 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Fairfield County, Ohio
Hometown
Thurston, Fairfield County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35223054
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
Sportplatze
Jülich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 14 2

Immediate family

Members
Robert R. Mason (father)
Gladys I. (Smeltz) Mason (mother)
Alta Marie Mason (sister)

More information

Pvt Kenneth E. Mason attended Liberty Union High School and worked for the Fairfield Paper Company.

He enlisted on 25 June 1943 and trained at Fort Harrison, Indiana and Camp Wallace, Texas. He joined his unit from a replacement Depot on 9 October 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Norma Robberts Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - WWII Young American Patriots, Lancaster Eagle Gazette - 15 March 1945