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Personal info

Full name
FINSNESS, Kenneth Edward
Date of birth
26 April 1911
Age
34
Place of birth
St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Hometown
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O1304706
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
26 May 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 21 4

Immediate family

Members
Edward Finsness (father)
Helen (Berkness) Finsness (mother)
Sara L. (Slater) Finsness (wife)

More information

1st Lt Kenneth E. Finsness graduated from White Bear Lake High School in 1929 and attended college for one year. He was rug salesman before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 14 February 1942.

In 1943 he was a mess sergeant of Company C of the 20th Training Battalion and served with a headquarters detachment at Fort McClellan, Alabama. He completed the officer candidate course at the Fort Benning, Georgia.

The picture was taken in high school in 1939.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Birth Index / County Marriage, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.hemneslekt.net, www.newspapers.com - Pittsburg Post-Gazette / The Anniston Star

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Minnesota Historical Society-White Bear Lake High School 1929