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Personal info

Full name
SHIELDS, Kennedy John
Date of birth
23 May 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33707106
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
18 November 1945
Place of death
Hamich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Edwin B. Shields (father)
Edith B. (Kennedy) Shields (mother)
Barbara A. Shields (sister)

More information

Kennedy Shields graduated from Peabody High School in 1943.

He was declared officially dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File, www.findagrave.com

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