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Personal info

Full name
KIMBRELL, Troy William
Date of birth
22 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Fayette County, Alabama
Hometown
Berry, Fayette County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34706689
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
Emberménil, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 21 61

Immediate family

Members
Carl R. Kimbrell (father)
Carrie L. (Ellis) Kimbrell (mother)
Charles Kimbrell (brother)
Lynn Kimbrell (brother)
Joe F. Kimbrell (brother)

More information

Pfc Troy W. Kimbrell attended high school for four years and was employed at the Anniston Ordnance Depot before he enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 18 February 1943.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – L’Eau Noire
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy