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Personal info

Full name
KENNEDY, Amos Russell
Date of birth
1 July 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Edgar County, Illinois
Hometown
Wabash Township, Clark County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36960490
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
20 December 1945
Place of death
Lauterbourg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Albert Kennedy (father)
Cora Kennedy (mother)
Lawrence Kennedy (brother)
James Kennedy (brother)
Ella Kennedy (sister)
Ethel Kennedy (sister)
Fred Kennedy (brother)
Irene Kennedy (sister)
Arthur Kennedy (brother)
Floyd Kennedy (brother)
Myrtle Kennedy (sister)

More information

Pvt Amos R. Kennedy was awarded the Purple Heart Medal posthumously for his actions on 19 December 1944.

He was declared death one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: Peter Schouteten