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Personal info

Full name
KENNEDY, John Francis "SI"
Date of birth
24 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
South Hadley Falls, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31416923
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hebronval, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 12 1

Immediate family

Members
Thomas Kennedy (father)
Mary Kennedy (mother)
Marie Kennedy (sister)
Eileen Kennedy (sister)

More information

Cpl John F. Kennedy graduated from Holyoke High School in 1941. His hobbies included stamp collecting and the travel club. Baseball and basketball were his favorite sports. After graduating he worked at Westinghouse before he enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 6 January 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, They Speak-Voices of Henri-Chapelle