Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- Full
name
KIRKHAM, Benjamin Grey - Date of
birth
23 March 1924 -
Age
20 - Place of
birth
Beaver Creek, Marengo County, Alabama -
Hometown
Nanafalia, Marengo County, Alabama
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34809828 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
56th Armored Infantry Battalion,
12th Armored Division
-
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
16 January 1945 - Place of
death
Herrlisheim, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Benjamin F. Kirkham (father)
Martha A. (Vice) Kirkham (mother)
Beatrice L. Kirkham (sister)
Katie V. Kirkham (sister)
Essie M. Kirkham (sister)
Annie I. Kirkham (sister)
Bennie L. Kirkham (brother)
James O. Kirkham (brother)
Lois Kirkham (sister)
Mary V. Kirkham (sister)
Bernice Kirkham (sister)
More information
Pvt Benjamin G. Kirkham attended high school for three years and worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama, on 18 June 1943.He is remembered at the Aimwell Cemetery in Marengo County, Alabama.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov -- WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestery.com - 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.12tharmoredmuseum.com, www.findagrave.com - Wilton Golson
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - R & S / Larebel