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Personal info

Full name
WEED, Kenneth Leon
Date of birth
5 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Kaylor, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33886118
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 11 17

Immediate family

Members
John W. Weed (father)
Alnita (Morter) Weed (mother)
Everett H. Weed (brother)
George A. Weed (brother)
Guy H. Weed (brother)
Katherine E. (Nevel) Weed (wife)
Madeline K. Weed (daughter)
Wahanetta M. Weed (daughter)

More information

Pfc Kenneth L. Weed was married to Katherine Nevel on 16 November in Youngtown, Ohio.

He enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 27 April 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards 1777-2012 / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII 1950-1966
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery