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FARRIS, Kenneth Dale - Date of
birth
24 August 1925 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Collingsworth County, Texas -
Hometown
Dodson, Collingsworth County, Texas
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
38607946 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
29 November 1945 - Place of
death
East of Zweifall, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten -
Walls of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.
Immediate family
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Members
Julien J. Farris (father)
Kate L. Farris (mother)
Richard K. Farris (brother)
James W. Farris (brother)
Don W. Farris (brother)
Betty Z. Farris (sister)
J. J. Farris (brother)
Judith A. Farris (sister)
Erna L. (Hunt) Farris (wife)
More information
Pvt Kenneth D. Farris enlisted in Lubbock, Texas on 11 January 1944.Pvt. Farris of Dodson, was reported missing in action on 28 November 1944, during a mission to clear the surrounding wooded area occupied by the company. According to records, Farris was wounded by artillery and left the front line for the battalion aid station that day. His regiment remained in combat for several more days, reaching the outskirts of Gey, Germany, before being pulled off the front line. When officers took an accounting of the surviving Company B soldiers, Farris could not be found. The last any of the survivors knew was that he had tried to find an aid station. He was listed missing in action when there was no update on his whereabouts.
He was declared officially dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.
On 1 may 2018 the Defence POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that the remains of Pvt. Kenneth D. Farris were found and identified, buried in a grave at an ABMC cemetery as an unknown. On 16 September 2018 a rosette was placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.
Pvt Farris was given his final resting place at the Dallas-Forth Worth National Cemetery on 9 July 2018.
Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - Jeanette Perrin Coaly, www.dpaa.mil
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Jeanette Perrin Coaly, Judith Farris Bingham (sister)