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Personal info

Full name
KINGSTON, John A
Date of birth
30 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16152209
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Operations Sergeant
Unit
HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
289th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Gevelsberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 3 15

Immediate family

Members
Loice I. Kingston (father)
Gladys M. (Jones) Kingston (mother)
Newton E. Kingston (brother)
Joan Kingston (sister)

More information

S/Sgt John A. Kingston attended high school for four years and was a toolmaker with the Hudson Motor Car Company before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Detroit, Michigan on 20 November 1942.

He was passing by a truck loaded with captured German ammunition. As the truck was being unloaded, the ammunition suddenly exploded, killing him instantly.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Susan Linton, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, http://75thdivisiondad.com, www.ancestry.com – 1940 census, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, Susan Linton - Tim Kingston (nephew)