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Personal info

Full name
KENNEDY, Melvin G
Date of birth
10 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Fairview, Oscoda County, Michigan
Hometown
Midland, Midland County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36122854
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 April 1945
Place of death
Near Ehingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 24 24

Immediate family

Members
Glenn A. Kennedy (father)
Ruth A. (Showalter) Kennedy (mother)
Florence Kennedy (sister)
John Kennedy (brother)
Evelyn L. Kennedy (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Melvin G. Kennedy attended college for two years and was an express messenger and railway mail clerk before he enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 11 July 1941.
He died from artillery shell fragments on his neck.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – M R McMullin, www.10tharmored.com
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