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Personal info

Full name
KITTO, Joseph Eugene
Date of birth
30 September 1912
Age
31
Place of birth
Spade Township, Knox County, Nebraska
Hometown
Tuthill, Bennett County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
37152524
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
803rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Liège, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 3 70

Immediate family

Members
Joseph E. Kitto (Father)
Victoria W. Kitto (mother)
Janette E. Kitto (sister)
Herbert H. Kitto (brother)
Zora A. Kitto (sister)
Opal V. Kitto (sister)
Luta E. Kitto (wife)
Mary L. Kitto (daughter)

More information

Cpl Joseph E. Kitto enlisted on 17 March 1942 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Cpl Joseph E. Kitto was a member of the Santee Sioux tribe.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Indian Census Rolls / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / 1920Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards for Young Men, https://vetaffairs.sd.gov - Megan Jones Norberg, Mary Louise Mousseau (daughter)

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des philippet, Amandine Jaunet - Henri-Chapelle Cemetery Associate