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Personal info

Full name
KENNEDY, William J
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36981450
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Braschleiden, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 6 33

Immediate family

Members
John F. Kennedy (father)
Catherine Kennedy (mother)
Dorothy Kennedy (sister)
Edward Kennedy (brother)
Lucille Kennedy (sister)
Dorothy E. (Tripp) Kennedy (wife)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cook County Illinois Marriage Index / Flannigan Henry Family Tree / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery