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Personal info

Full name
WAGNER, Kenneth Lester
Date of birth
27 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
O1325609
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Warnach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 10 74

Immediate family

Members
Ralph E. Wagner (father)
Germaine S. Wagner (mother)
Emma A. Wagner (wife)

More information

Lt Kenneth L. Wagner was employed at Anheuser-Busch.

He is remembered at the Park Lawn Cemetery in Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records, AAR 51st AIB August 44 thru May 1945

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com, - LuxAmCem, Carol Beck, St Louis Post Dispatch - 8 March 1945