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Personal info

Full name
SHAMBURG, Kenneth Francis
Date of birth
10 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Hometown
Ashe County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34890734
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 September 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, in the vicinity of Mausbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 7 26

Immediate family

Members
William Shamburg (father)
Lois M. (Gardner) Shamburg (mother)
Margaret Shamburg (sister)
William Shamburg (brother)
Aline Shamburg (sister)
Ruby Shamburg (sister)

More information

Pvt Kenneth F. Shamburg attended high school for one year and was a chauffeur.

He enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 20 August 1943.
When his combat patrol reached enemy lines near Schevenhutte, Germany it was surrounded.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, WWII Draft Card,
www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.9thinfantrydivision.net, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / North Carolina, Birth Index, 1800-2000 / North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994 /1940 census, http://www.cmstory.org/content/shamburg-kenneth-f-private - Charlotte Mecklenburg Library / Charlotte Observer

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, http://www.cmstory.org/content/shamburg-kenneth-f-private - Charlotte Mecklenburg Library / Charlotte Observer, Jori Videc - Family Shamburg