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Personal info

Full name
JEWELL, Kenneth Nelson
Date of birth
8 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Chappell, Deuel County, Nebraska
Hometown
Laramie County, Wyoming

Military service

Service number
37457319
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 6 4

Immediate family

Members
Orel F. Jewell (father)
Anna M. (Nelson) Jewell (mother)
Alfred C. Jewell (brother)
Glenn E. Jewell (brother)
Floyd W. Jewell (brother)
Leonard E. Jewell (brother)

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ww2airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Dennis McCann