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Personal info

Full name
BONAVIA, Kelly
Date of birth
13 April 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Hometown
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37729336
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
Denting, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 18 61

Immediate family

Members
Antonio Bonavia (father)
Carrie (Armato) Bonavia (mother)
Pete Bonavia (brother)
Salvatore Bonavia (brother)
Anna M. Bonavia (sister)
Henry Bonavia (brother)
Lawrence J. Bonavia (brother)
Angeline L. Bonavia (sister)
Marie K. Bonavia (sister)
Josephine Bonavia (sister)
Mary (Magiaracina) Bonavia (wife)
Anthony Bonavia (son)
Carrie Bonavia (daughter)
Johanna Bonavia (daughter)

More information

Pvt Kelly Bonavia was employed at the Kansas City Street Cleaning Department before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 18 December 1943.

He died in hospital from the effects of wounds to his lungs and humerus.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Minard Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.newspapers.com – The Kansas City Times 27 November 1944