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Personal info

Full name
KENNEDY, Quentin Lewis
Date of birth
16 January 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34987563
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Echternach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 7 2

Immediate family

Members
John Kennedy (father)
Lora I. (Hutchins) Kennedy (mother)
Vurel Kennedy (brother)
Thomas E. Kennedy (brother)
J. L. Kennedy (brother)
Jaice Kennedy (sister)

More information

Pfc Quentin L. Kennedy was a sales clerk before he enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 12 April 1944.

He is remembered at Viola Cemetery in Viola, Warren County, Tennessee.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census /Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Tennessean - 15 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Judyanne Waters