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Personal info

Full name
KENNEDY, Fergus Colum
Date of birth
28 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York
Hometown
New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
12192013
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 October 1944
Place of death
Near Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 6 51

Immediate family

Members
Thomas J. Kennedy (father)
Moria K. (Coyle) Kennedy (mother)
Sighle Kennedy (sister)
Ethne Kennedy (sister)

More information

Pfc Fergus C. Kennedy attended Manhattan College for one year before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in New York City, New York on 2 December 1942. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / New York Birth Index, www.findagrave.com – Anonymous, www.newspapers.com – The Tablet New York 18 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Brooklyn New York