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Personal info

Full name
HUFFMAN, Kenneth Lester
Date of birth
18 December 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Owen County, Indiana
Hometown
Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
O-1011514
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Ivan H. Huffman (father)
Ethel (Osborn) Huffman (mother)
Birda M. Huffman (sister)
Sarah L. Huffman (sister)
Iva J. Huffman (sister)
Ivan L. Huffman (brother)
Martha F. (Barrett) Huffman (wife)
Keith Huffman (son)

More information

1st Lt Kenneth L. Huffman is remembered at the Cemetery of Spurgeon, Pike County, Indiana.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Jewish Serviceman Cards / Taylor Family Tree, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com - Terry Kinman
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Terry Kinman