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Personal info

Full name
KENNEDY, Richard Thomas
Date of birth
8 January 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Buffalo, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
12054881
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
Stolberg area, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 8 36

Immediate family

Members
Joseph J. Kennedy (father)
Alice C. Kennedy (mother)
William J. Kennedy (brother)
Eileen T. Kennedy (sister)

More information

Pfc Richard T. Kennedy attended Canisius College with the class of 1943.

He enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 23 January 1942.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone ands Interment Record / 1940 Census, Canisius College newsletter, The Griffin - 3 November 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Canisius College 1940