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Personal info

Full name
PLIEMLING, Kenneth Arthur
Date of birth
19 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
St. Louis, Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37389135
Rank
Private
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Near St. Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 14 9

Immediate family

Members
Joseph A. Pliemling (father)
Marie J. Pliemling (mother)
Catherine D. Pliemling (sister)
Marie H. Pliemling (sister)
Charles A. Pliemling (brother)

More information

Pvt Kenneth A. Pliemling was a laboratory technician and assistant before he enlisted in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 3 October 1942.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://106thinfdivassn.org, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Post-Dispatch