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Personal info

Full name
VORIS, Kenneth Edward
Date of birth
18 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Junction City, Perry County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35081324
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Jüngersdorf-Merode, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 21 23

Immediate family

Members
Nelson S. Voris (father)
Maud M. (Lehman) Voris (mother)
Glenn L. Voris (brother)
Marie A. Voris (sister)
Virginia E. (Davisson) Voris (wife)
David Voris (son)
Anna L. Voris (daughter)
Kenneth E. Voris Jr (son)
Glenna J. Voris (daughter)

More information

Pvt Kenneth E. Voris was a glassworker with the Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation.

He enlisted at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky on 14 April 1944.

His brother Glenn was a B-29 tail gunner in India at the time of his death.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - Ohio Birth Index, Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Davis Voris