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Personal info

Full name
LUDINGTON, Kenneth Emerson
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Connecticut
Hometown
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
11138408
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Magdesprung-Friedricksbrunn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 8 22

Immediate family

Members
Kenneth E. Ludington (father)
Marian J. Ludington (mother)

More information

Pvt Kenneth E. Ludington volunteered in the Regular Army Reserve in New Haven, Connecticut on 26 July 1943.

He attended New Haven High School for 3 years.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees, www.9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - New Haven High School Yearbook 1943