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Personal info

Full name
ROLLINS, Kenneth Glen
Date of birth
1 February 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
Ness City, Ness County, Kansas
Hometown
Ness County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37247913
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 April 1945
Place of death
Harz mountains, east of Osterode am Harz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 15 9

Immediate family

Members
Ralph Rollins (father)
Agnes A. (Reynolds) Rollins (mother)
Wilbert C. Rollins (brother)
Alberta (Amrine) Rollins (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Kenneth G. Rollins was employed at the Western Beverage Co before he entered the service. He had been overseas since march 1943 having served in North Africa, Tunisia and Sicily.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Marie's Family Tree, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, Wichita, Kansas Library - WWII Memorial booklet "Published by Bob Campbell Post no. 1361, Veterans of Foreign War"

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Marie Helms, Wichita, Kansas Library - WWII Memorial booklet "Published by Bob Campbell Post no. 1361, Veterans of Foreign War"