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Personal info

Full name
IRVIN, Kenneth
Date of birth
26 February 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Harlan County, Kentucky
Hometown
Harlan County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35080497
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
Karlovy Vary, Czechosolvakia

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 2 15

Immediate family

Members
James E. Irvin (father)
Laura C. (Cadell) Irvin (mother)
Helen Irvin (sister)
Cloday M. (McIntosh) Irvin (wife)

More information

Kenneth Irvin was a coalminer before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Campbell County, Kentucky on 11 April 1944.

Source of information:FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com Irvin Family Tree - U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, U.S. Census Records, 1930, Kentucky, http://www.ww2lhawebpages.com/THEFIRSTDIVISION/HOMEPAGE.html, http://www.history.army.mil/documents/ETO-OB/1ID-ETO-OB.htm

Photo source: FOHF, www.ancestry.com - Irvin Family Tree