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WEBB, Kenneth J - Date of
birth
15 August 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Binghamton, Broome County, New York -
Hometown
Broome County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32383307 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
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Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
13 January 1945 - Place of
death
Foy, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| G | 4 | 20 |
Immediate family
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Members
Leon I. Webb (father)
Mabel M. (Morris) Webb (mother)
Agnes M. Webb (sister)
Leona I. Webb (sister)
Mary L. Webb (sister)
More information
Pfc Kenneth J. Webb attended North High School and was employed at the Sidney Plant at Scintilla Magneto Division.He enlisted in Binghamton, New York on 28 July 1942 and received training at Fort Benning, Georgia and was overseas in September 1943.
Pfc Webb was wounded in action 14 June 1944 and subsequenty hospitalized in England. He returned to active duty in time to participate in Operation Market Garden.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.
He is remembered on a monument at the Bois Jacques in Bastogne, Belgium.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Ric Chrysler / Dominique Potier, www.newspapers.com - Press and Sun-Bulletin