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Personal info

Full name
SCHENK, Kenneth Robert
Date of birth
5 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Wickliffe, Lake County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35066446
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 26 2

Immediate family

Members
Philip Schenk (father)
Elizabeth (Baehr) Schenk (mother)
William Schenk (brother)
Helen V. Schenk (sister)

More information

Pvt Kenneth R. Schenk attended high school for two years before he enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 17 June 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his chest.

He was furst buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

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 / Homendy Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - ForgetMeNot
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