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Personal info

Full name
QUICK, Kenneth Norman
Date of birth
27 May 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Eden, Jerome County, Idaho
Hometown
Jerome, Jerome County, Idaho

Military service

Service number
39922894
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 March 1945
Place of death
Serrig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 6 65

Immediate family

Members
Milton M. Quick (father)
Bertha E. (Beer) Quick (mother)
Morris H. Quick (brother)
Chester B. Quick (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Kenneth N. Quick worked on his own farm before he enlisted in Boise, Idaho on 15 November 1943. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time for wounds received on 2 December 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments resulting in an amputation of his leg.

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 / All of My Lines / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - The Times News 27 March 1945