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Personal info

Full name
KENNEDY, William P
Date of birth
14 December 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Brackenridge, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33414243
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1944
Place of death
Clemery, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 18

Immediate family

Members
Frank P. Kennedy (father)
Edith M. (Yund) Kennedy (mother)
Louise M. Kennedy (sister)
Priscilla J. (Konopski) Kennedy (wife)
Paul T. Kennedy (son)

More information

Pfc William P. Kennedy attended high school for three years and was employed by the Allegheny Ludlum Steel Co. before he enlisted on 1 December 1942.
He was sent overseas in June 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Applications, www.80thdivision.com
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