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Personal info

Full name
JACKSON, Kenneth Dale "Kenny"
Date of birth
16 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Auguste, Butler County, Kansas
Hometown
Auguste, Butler County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37739022
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schleiden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 6 15

Immediate family

Members
George N. Jackson (father)
Lillie B. (Quick) Jackson (mother)
Walter Jackson (brother)
Daisy Jackson (sister)
Hattie Jackson (sister)
Francis Jackson (sister)
Bryce W. Jackson (brother)
Ernest Jackson (brother)
Fina Jackson (sister)
Dorothy L. Jackson (sister)
Frances E. (Stinnett) Jackson (wife)
Joyce K. Jackson (daughter)
Francine Jackson (daughter)

More information

Pvt Kenneth D. Jackson enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 1 April 1944.

His brother Bryce W. Jackson was killed in action in the Pacific on 29 April 1945 and is remembered at Honolulu Memorial.

The 1st picture shows Pvt Jackson with his wife Evelyn. On the 2nd picture a very young Kenneth, known as "Kenny" by his family, poses together with his sister Dorothy Louise Jackson.

Source of information: www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census / Family Tree, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Erin Stangel (granddaughter), www.ancestry.com - Mrs. Lorrie Crawford