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Personal info

Full name
FERNQUIST, Kenneth Irvin
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Colorado
Hometown
Elmira, Chemung County, New York

Military service

Service number
6879524
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Ball Turret Gunner
Unit
547th Bombardment Squadron,
384th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 July 1944
Place of death
South of Niederholzhausen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 15 33

Immediate family

Members
Florence A. (Chapell) Fernquist (mother)
Frederick G. Fernquist (brother)
Jeannie A. (Casler) Fernquist (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
43-37870
Data
Type: B-17
Destination: Merseburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the synthetic oil plant
MACR: 7818

More information

S/Sgt Kenneth I. Fernquist attended Southside High School and was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad before he enlisted in Binghamton, New York on 23 March 1943. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

He was initially buried at the cemetery of Niederholzhausen, Germany on 1 August 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.fold3.com - MACR, http://www.8thafhs.com, www.newspapers.com - Star-Gazette
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Southside High School Yearbook 1936, www.newspapers.com - Star-Gazette