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Personal info

Full name
KENNESON, Donald Kenneth
Date of birth
20 February 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31470086
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 February 1945
Place of death
Near Neuf-Brisach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 40 12

Immediate family

Members
Frederick A. Kenneson (father)
Rose L. (Ritchotte) Kenneson (mother)
Frederick J. Kenneson (brother)
Robert A. Kenneson (brother)
Mary A. Kenneson (sister)
Beverly Kenneson (sister)
Norman Kenneson (brother)
Laura Kenneson (sister)
Bertha Kenneson (sister)

More information

Pvt Donald K. Kenneson attended high school for four years and was employed by the New England Mica Co. before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 13 June 1944. He joined basic training at Camp Blanding in Florida and was sent overseas in January 1945.

He was killed by small arms fire in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930 – 1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy