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Personal info

Full name
CORBIN, Kenneth Clyde
Date of birth
2 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Eldred, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33765365
Rank
Corporal
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
726th Bombardment Squadron,
451st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 August 1944
Place of death
Hungary

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 31 23

Immediate family

Members
Hiram C. Corbin (father)
Iva N. (Hughey) Corbin (mother)
Stanford E. Corbin (brother)
William J. Corbin (brother)
John E. Corbin (brother)
Margaret R. Corbin (sister)
Emma J. Corbin (sister

More information

Cpl Kenneth C. Corbin worked on a farm before he enlisted on 29 September 1943.

Corbin’s plane failed to return from its mission on 22 August 1944. No further details are available.

He is remembered at the Zion Sigel Road Cemetery in Howe, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Erwin Derhaag, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Dennis Caylor Family Tree / 1930 Census / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com – The Jeffersonian Democrat Pennsylvania 28 September 1944
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Jeffersonian Democrat Pennsylvania 7 September 1944, www.findagrave.com – J Rowan