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KENNETT, Howard - Date of
birth
16 September 1917 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Meigs County, Tennessee -
Hometown
Georgetown, Meigs County, Tennessee
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34187774 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
11 December 1944 - Place of
death
Near Sarriguemines, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 31 | 46 |
Immediate family
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Members
Hayes W. Kennett (father)
Alice (Brown) Kennett (mother)
Hayse Kennett (brother)
Glen F. Kennett (brother)
Carl Kennett (brother)
Irene Kennett (sister)
Cora L. (Silver) Kennett (wife)
Carolyn J. Kennett (daughter)
More information
Pfc Howard Kennett worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 7 February 1942.He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.
He is remembered at the Greenwood Cemetery in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
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 / Simpson Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - R. Walters
Photo source: -, www.wwiimemorial.com - Audra I Kennett