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KEMP, Larry William - Date of
birth
30 December 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia -
Hometown
Lakeland, Polk County, Florida
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
14091986 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
68th Armored Infantry Battalion,
14th Armored Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
15 January 1945 - Place of
death
Rittershoffen, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 29 | 29 |
Immediate family
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Members
Ernest G. Kemp (father)
Gertrude E. Kemp (mother)
Harry T. Kemp (twin-brother)
More information
Pfc Larry W. Kemp attended college for one years before he joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Knoxville, Texas on 20 November 1942.In a story to the Augusta Chronicle his brother Harry said that he and his brother Larry had been trapped in a foxhole partially filled with icy water for five days. Harry developed symptoms of pneumonia. He said he regretted being off the line: "I didn't want to leave my brother, but I was on the verge of getting pneumonia, ... it was more or less an order from my platoon leader." While was recovering in an aid station in a French village, a captain informed him of his brother's death. Harry wen back to the fighting the next day.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com – Eric Ackerman, http://14thad.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy