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Personal info

Full name
MC INTOSH, Kenneth Elwood
Date of birth
22 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Montgomery County, Kentucky
Hometown
Trumbull County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35622026
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 October 1944
Place of death
Near Vossenack, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 12 39

Immediate family

Members
Jesse J. Mc Intosh (father)
Juna M. Mc Intosh (mother)
Roscoe T. Mc Intosh (brother)
Bernice K. Mc Intosh (sister)
Gladys M. Mc Intosh (sister)
Thomas A. Mc Intosh (brother)
Betty A. Mc Intosh (sister)
Jean (Boomershine) Mc Intosh (wife)
Sandra J. Mc Intosh (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Kenneth E. Mc Intosh worked on a machine shop before he enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 8 January 1943.

He was killed by a sniper.

He was awarded the Silver Star posthumously. The citation cited: Advancing against strongly fortified enemy positions in Germany, Sgt Mc Intosh's squad was pinned down by the rifle fire from two well concealed enemy snipers. He exposed himself continiously to the enemy fire in a maneuver to locate the position of the snipers. He shot and killed two of them, returned to his squad and reorganized it to continue the advance.

S/Sgt Kenneth E. Mc Intosh was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Henri-Chapelle, Belgium.

He is remembered at the Parish Cemetery, Arlington, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten,www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Lulabell, http://9thinfantrydivision.net, The Journal Herald - 6 March 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Lulabell, Dayton Daily News - 14 November 1944